Dream "keys"

Well, these last couple of days I've been shirking off a bit with the dream journal (first time in 6 months), but that made me realize something important. When I came to think of it, I never really forget any of my dreams. They are like real life experiences for me, I can forget about them for a while, but they remain locked away, deep inside my memory, and all I really need is something to remind me of them, what I call a "dream key."

There have been instances even, when I've had a dream, forgotten about it for a few days, then something's triggered my memory, and I've written it down in my DJ.

So in terms of recording dreams solely for the sake of remembering them, I realized that one of the main purposed of a dream journal was rendered obsolete for me. Of course there's the matter of finding your own dream signs, which is why I'll continue writing them down, but I felt like I needed to share this with you guys.

Do you find that you forget your dreams or you simply forget about them? :P

I can remember dreams I had long ago if reminded somehow like you :p Not the whole dream just a snipet of it. For instance I remember one dream (non lucid) I had months ago I was looking in a mirror and seen a very sick individual (not sure if it was me), but it woke me and then I only recalled it a few days later due to my mind racing from anxiety. I also remember part of my dream from last night and it seems to be stuck there :p