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I have a few dreams that are years old that I still remember almost perfectly, and every dream in my dream journal I can remember it even moreso than some memories with very specific details down. Is it common to remember them this well? I have a feeling if I kept a REAL journal I'd remember my real memories more in the same respect.
Guess you got natural recall, in which case yeah its normal. I don't know about the DJ though, it hasn't helped me at all, and I have natural recall, though it doesn't hurts to try.
There are some dreams I remember as clear as any dream, from when I was 4 years old. I had some scary nightmares at that age. But yes, a dream journal is amazing. When I read through mine, I usually have forgotten a great deal of those dreams and really enjoy being reminded of them. A Dream Journal is priceless. Which reminds me, I need to start writing in mine more!
I've had one nightmare that has to be at least 7 years old, at least. It's a nightmare that I've had pop up on more then that occasion because of my memory of it. Possibly one of the scariest most heart shattering nightmare I have ever had.
Memory is all about connections, you know how if you are asked about a persons name you know but can't seem to grasp, and then theres that one name you swear that it is?
The more you think thats the name the more connections you make to it, so the memory of the name is constantly bombarding you with the name "James" even though that isn't his name.
same thing with dreams, the more this dream effected you, the more you'll look back at it, soon through the years it will solidify into a long term memory, but only if you look back at that dream over time to make more and more connections and constantly refresh your memory.
That's why I remember that dream from a long time ago, and probably with aquanina as well
I had a few dreams in my childhood that were recurring from age 3 to about 5, so that's probably why I can remember them that well, but to Hukif, yes, I've been very lucky as I have naturally good recall. The first time I learned that some people didn't remember their dreams, or at least not nightly, I was shocked! When I lose sleep and REM periods, I recall fewer dreams, but when I do sleep fully I have no trouble recalling dreams.
Specific details are definitely remembered more with my dream journal, that and talking with others about my dreams.
depends on how interesting they are. i can recall really far back, as long as they are interesting. if i read back in the journal though i can remember the ones ive forgot
i have had one reacuring nightmare since i was 4 years old , we were going on a family trip; and i knew it was going to be really cool, but we had to go over the delaware memorial bridge. In my dream the bridge was a rollercoaster and everytime i get to the top i wake up before we start going down. needless to say to this date i am still not fond of rollercoasters.
I can remember a few dreams from around 8-12. One was a lucid dream where I felt I was dreaming and jumped 3 times and I flew. It felt so real too. Another one was I was in a toga in Rome. And the last one was me falling on spikes with a creepy giant doll I had.
I remember mostly my nightmares (The one with haunted house for example...)
I remember my first dream with a giant green elf-orc...i was 3 years old.
I can remember every single dream that I've written down in my DJ almost as well as when I actually wrote them down, some are around a month old (I've not been into LDing that long). I remember I had this one dream years and years and YEARS ago (I'm guessing when I was 8-10, could be totally wrong) and then oddly enough, had the exact same dream/'part two' (it was either a continuation of the exact same dream) a couple of years later. Freaky, huh? :shock:
In the last six months I started keeping a dream journal and wrote all the dreams I could remember over my entire life. I started remember my dreams on a regular basis around 15 and only remember 3 dreams prior. I remembered over 200 prior to stating my dream journal and I turn 25 this year. Some of them 2 pages long, the fragment it was then, the fragment it is now and some I know were longer.
I remember dreams I had when I was really little, like 4-6, almost as well as dreams that I have earlier in the day.
And Candlelight, i noticed we both have nyan cat avatars :D
If I write down a dream, then no matter how much time elapses, I can always remember that dream specifically. Some I can remember even without writing down. My first dream memory is from when I was no more than two years old. I dreamt that Bert and Ernie (from Sesame Street) were evil scientists and had strapped me to a rocket by the button of my favorite shirt. I also remember from when I still slept in a crib, waking up in the middle of the night because my sister had left the room. When she came back in, I was always terrified that it wasn't really her.
Just like normal life memories. Especially if I'm lucid.
Hi guys... Newbie here...I always wondered why do i have these returning dreams since the age of 5-6. Back then the window of my room opened to a small yard behind the house, with a tree. I remember i fell asleep and skeletons started to crawl over that window. A lot of them, and they had these big eyeballs staring at me. They were talking and laughing, telling me they will eat me Oo. Sounds weird but i was really afraid :D After that we moved, i had different returning dream. And by that i mean everytime i dreamt, it was the same. Classroom, teacher, classmates. I was sitting in the back and the floor started to...undulate? The center was the teacher i really loved, but i knew tha waves must not reach me it was evil and bad and scary. I shouted everyone to run and when we got out from school the waves followed so we got onto buses and stuff (i was driving bus at the age of 7 cool eh?) and wanted to get away. With every dream i got farther and farther and it came to us turning buses into spacecrafts looking for new planets to get away. I have no clue why i had these (VERY WEIRD) dreams but after a while i started to realize i'm dreaming so i could wake up on my own if i got too scared Oo.
I remember most of my dreams before. I think i was partly lucid in the beginning, and i even had control. I was only a little kid though. Now i have bad recall, and i can't become lucid... :(
I have a few from back when I first joined DV that I can still remember a bit. I still remember my first 2 lucids fairly well, as well as a couple others. I'd love to go back and read my DJ entries from back then, but I have no idea where my original DJ has gotten to by now.
I remember dreams from when i was 4
Sometimes, out of nowhere I'll just suddenly remember an old dream. I figure something sparked it... an idea or maybe something visual. I love when that happens!! Often it's when I'm trying to fall asleep.
I had this dream when i was younger where i was battling zombie pirates and SoTC colossi on a pirate ship in the sky that was pink.
i remember them in good detail.
there was a dream i had in 4th grade. I think it may have been lucid.
I can recall most of my dreams in detail without looking at my DJ. I also re-read my dreams before going to sleep and picture them in my head. so i dont know if its natural though.