Was This Just My Recall Failing me?

**LucidRaider** · 06-21-2012 12:53 PM

So, I THOUGHT I had great dream recall. I thought I could remember my dreams. But for the past few days, or weeks, I have been sleeping usually from 1 AM - 8 AM, and then going back to sleep until 12 AM. 1 AM - 8 AM Is 8 HOURS OF SLEEP,. I wake up with no dreams remembered, out of 8 hours? No dreams?. But when I fall back to sleep after waking up at 8 AM, And I wake back up at 12, I remember a dream or dreams.

Question: Why don't I recall my dreams during the long periods/when I'm properly sleeping for 8 hours, But I remember them when I sleep from 8 AM to 12 AM?. Is this just my recall failing me, or Am I not actually dreaming...?. (I mean, I know we all dream every night, But still, I FEEL like I'm not dreaming..) Please help. Thank you.

**Supernova** · 06-21-2012 02:46 PM

You are dreaming, first off. Secondly, is it the past few days, or past few weeks, because that makes a difference here. Also, I assume you're waking up with an alarm, which can sometimes do odd things to recall; try setting the alarm early and using a 15 or 30 minute snooze.

**LucidRaider** · 06-21-2012 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Supernova

You are dreaming, first off. Secondly, is it the past few days, or past few weeks, because that makes a difference here. Also, I assume you're waking up with an alarm, which can sometimes do odd things to recall; try setting the alarm early and using a 15 or 30 minute snooze.

Past few weeks. Nope, Not with an alarm, I just do. I just wake up at the time.

**gab** · 06-27-2012 02:48 AM

Do you wake up at night at all? Like for the restroom? Everybody wakes up at night after REM is over at the end of a sleep cycle. Just not everybody notices it. Usually, we just roll over and continue sleeping. You can try using a mantra that you repeat as you falling alseep - "I wake up after each dream and remember it". Happy dreams