Thread: Why the present tense?

I don't know about you guys, but during the bitter beginnings of DJing I've been told to write my dreams in the present tense rather than the past. Why? Is there some rationalization? I suspect it's supposed to increase the quality of dream recall somehow, but I've switched back to past tense some 2 months ago and it hasn't affected my dream recall in the slightest. Also, I'm aware this topic already has many threads but they don't answer my question, just why do they tell you that?

Edit: Expect that I'm not going to believe every single word you say, even if you're an authority I would otherwise trust on this topic. If there's any relation between different tenses and quality of dream recall, there had better be some proof for it. I just want to avoid placebo on this.