dream journal is bad for recall??? maybe
i started losing all of my recall from writing all the details of my dreams. what i mean is, i would have a ton of details upon waking, but the very act of writing in the journal caused me to lose many of the details.
well i gave up on my journal. instead, i wake up and without moving i replay the dream over and over in my head with my eyes closed. i memorize as much of it as i can and then fall back asleep. i do this each time i wake, after each dream. now at the end of the day i can still remember all the details of all my dreams ive had the night before.
i think this is much better than writing in a dream journal physically. it works better if i do it mentally it seems. because the speed of thought is faster than a pen? i will never use a DJ again. :o