I think it's his mentality towards it. Here's the thing; being able to remember a large portion of the dreams you have throughout your nights requires work, it requires intention. Improving dream recall is an active mental process and not just something you sort of just have, at least for a large amount of people. So your friend has to work towards really wanting it, but that's not the only thing, mental blocks can also get in the way. If your friend claims that his subconsciousness wants to block his dream recall, then that in itself can hamper his ability to remember dreams.
I believe it is more likely that it's a mix of just not trying hard enough, and also being blocked by his own belief in his subconsciousness not wanting him to remember. If that is what he truly believes, then obviously that is what's going to happen, no dream recall.
JoannaB gave a good tip on the dream journal, it is pretty much the first mandatory step for anyone who wants to do something serious with dreams, and lucid dreams. And as she says, there's things you can do upon waking to improve your chances of remembering dreams of the night. Here's a few you can tell him to try out:
When you wake up, move as little as possible. Movement tends to have the effect of hindering your dream recall (if you are to believe what Stephen LaBerge says in his book, Exploring the world of Lucid Dreaming). From that point you should then try to focus on remembering the dream, which can be done in a number of different ways. You can ask yourself questions such as "What was I just dreaming?", or you can try to get clues and hints from asking yourself things such as "What was I just feeling?", as emotions can be good at triggering those parts of memory, it has worked pretty well for me. Other questions might include "What did I just do?" or "What did I just see?", really, you can try any kind of creative questions which might help trigger the experiences you had in a dream.
If you recall a specific scene from a dream, I also find that it helps greatly to remember other parts of the dream by "rewinding" the experience from the scene you remember, keep asking yourself "what happened before that?" to make an attempt at experiencing your dream backwards
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