DJ Throwing off Dream Recall?

**RainbowSigh** · 07-17-2011 05:30 PM

Hi, I'm pretty new at this forum, but not really new to LDing. I recently started a DJ and The first day of writing in it, I had a LD, but could not remember any other dream that night. Ever since starting the DJ, I haven't been remembering any dreams (lucid or not). I know you have to be confident and say to yourself that you will remember your dreams, and I'm doing all of that. It has been a week since that first entry. Before the DJ, I could remember almost every other dream I had. Now I'm having a hard time even getting to sleep, let alone dream. Is there something better that I could do, or am I doing something wrong? I was pretty descriptive with the first DJ entry, but I can't remember any dreams since then. It was a LD about flying over a field with a lake/pond and some highways.

**superchaz** · 07-17-2011 05:38 PM

Sometimes you just remember naturally but its hard to put into words. When you try to remember a dream stay in bed and keep your eyes closed I find it easier to remember that way just lie in bed and think of what you dreamt. Sometimes it takes a while but it comes to you.

**RainbowSigh** · 07-17-2011 05:59 PM

That's what I always do. I just lay there after waking up to see if I can remember any dreams I might have had. There's just nothing there. Nothing in my memory.

**Tavasion** · 07-17-2011 06:35 PM

maybe the thought that you HAVE to remember your dreams is making you anxious or nervous, sort of like performance anxiety. its no bid deal if you dont recall dreams. its not like there is a time frame that you have to accomplish perfect DJ recall by. i always find if i really really try to remember dreams, and think about it alot before bed, then i dont remember them. it seems you have awesome recall without the DJ, but now you dont. maybe you should just put the DJ in a drawer near you and forget about it, and wake up like normal, go to sleep normally like you would before you had the DJ, then just remember dreams like you normally would, then later in the day, go write them down. dont make a big deal out of it, is what i am trying to say.

**RainbowSigh** · 07-17-2011 07:07 PM

I don't really think about my DJ that much before going to bed. What I think about when trying to sleep is to just try to fall asleep and hope that I wake up around 3 (if I went to bed at 9) to do a WILD. I mostly think about my DJ when I wake up and realize that I can't remember any dreams from that night.

**Tavasion** · 07-17-2011 07:17 PM

ok, so don't worry about writing it down right away in the morning.

**Erii** · 07-17-2011 10:06 PM

Moved to Dream Signs and Recall~

Don't worry

it's probably not the dream journal that is making your recall lesser, just try not to worry about it, don't make dream journaling a stressful thing

**Ace19** · 07-18-2011 05:09 AM

Do you keep thinking about the dream journal at night? When i started my DJ, my dream recall increased to 1 a day. I do most of the basic techniques, but i don't worry about it. Just go about your normal day. Also, when they say your last thought should be to remember your dreams or something similar, it doesn't have to be. Last night i just thought that to myself once, thought about anything else, and then i fell asleep. I remembered 3 dreams. What i'm trying to say is just keep everything normal.