Unable to recall unless I WBTB?

**RareCola** · 05-03-2012 10:48 PM

First actual post (besides my introduction), hey everyone

I tend to have quite a lot of trouble recalling my dreams when I wake up. I'm a pretty heavy sleeper so it seems by the time I wake up naturally I've forgotten my dreams throughout the night, aside from the odd occasion where I can remember.

I have tried setting alarms to wake me up, but always unsure of exactly what the best time to set the alarm for is. I've found, because I'm such a deep sleeper, that a lot of the time my alarm will go off and I will wake up, turn it off and go back to sleep, with no recollection of doing this. Even when the alarm was the other side of the room. This especially happens if I try to set my alarm too early to wake up after each dream period.

That's not to say I can't remember any dreams though, I've been writing in my dream journal for a week now and been able to get at least one dream per day, but a lot of these entries have been from using the WBTB technique, though, this can be inconvenient because I've found I can sleep through beyond the time I need to wake up.

I was wondering if anyone had any advice for helping with this?

**Robot_Butler** · 05-05-2012 01:09 AM

Do you set your intention to remember dreams when you first go to sleep at night? Maybe you can remember during a WBTB because it is more recently on your mind? For example, you wake up, think about dreams, then return to sleep. This would make it easy to remember, since it is a recently enforced priority.

**RareCola** · 05-05-2012 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

Do you set your intention to remember dreams when you first go to sleep at night? Maybe you can remember during a WBTB because it is more recently on your mind? For example, you wake up, think about dreams, then return to sleep. This would make it easy to remember, since it is a recently enforced priority.

I do, and I repeat mantras constantly as I fall asleep. I've even tried "Tonight I will wake up after each of my dreams and recall them" with no luck. I seem to just completely zone out all night, lmao.