Thread: Trouble remembering much of dreams...

For me, it varies. I usually remember a couple of long epic type dreams a night and a whole bunch of fragments.

The problem my not be in your remembering. It could be that you are just having small fragmented dreams right now.

How comfortable is your bed? I've heard that everytime you shift, it changes the content of the dream.

My wife has told me on several occasions that she has checked to see if I'm still alive. It is on those nights that I have increadibly vivid and long dreams.

my beds decently comfortable.. however im one of those people that shift around a lot while i sleep.. obviously that may just give me lots of fragmented dreams? But what if I were to become lucid during one of those dreams? Would my settings just magically change when my body were to shift or something?

Whenever I remember a dream, it always feels like its 10 to 30 mins long. When I write it down however its a few lines, then it suddenly seems like not much has happened... maybee I should start keeping my journal again... ive been slacking a bit

Originally posted by Sniper991122
But what if I were to become lucid during one of those dreams? Would my settings just magically change when my body were to shift or something?

They could shift, or you could begin to lose lucidity. Remember to spin if this happens.

Try this method and see if it works.

Go to sleep LATE, so you are tired. When the sun rises, get up. (Or set the alarm to wake you if you are not one of those people that wake with sunlight)

Try to write down what you remember from the night. Don't worry if its really hard to concentrate, you are half asleep after all.

Close your curtains.

Go back to bed and do a MILD or WILD. Sleep until you have to get up again. I find ~45 min - 1 hour works well.

You're mind should spend all that last bit of time dreaming. Giving you vivid, easy to remember, and long dreams.

I have had 5 consecutive successes over the past 5 days with this method. Getting an 30 min+ dream everytime.

Sometimes, trying to remember my dreams becomes a futile attempt.

I just gotta lay down and not think for a while. The dream fragments usually come by right before I'm about to give up and start my day. It's really spontaneous. After waking up, we are significantly in less touch with our subconcious. But the first couple minutes of a waking day are sort of like a transition period.