A possible way to recall dreams

Well i was thinking today. When you dream its almost like a really vivid memory, just your really focused on it. The thought occurd to me that dreaming is, in a way, just remembering a memory, but the memory your remembering is already a memory; remembering a memory of a memory.

So what i thought might help recall dreams it this. Just remember something you were remembering earlier. So earlier today i was remebering something stupid my friend did yesterday, what i do now is remember my self remebering that memory and how i pictured it in my mind.

I hope thats not to complicated to read.

What do you guys think? Any bits your not clear on?

Work? Not work? No idea what im talking about?


I just thought that maybe it's a good way to increase dream recall while awake.

That's a cool thought and it kinda makes sense. I don't know if I'll get around to trying it for myself, but I'll be curious to know if it works out for you. I would guess you would have to practice doing that for a while before there was any noticeable improvement to dream recall though.

That's a nice theory ;)
(I got it by not reading the "but the memory your remembering is already a memory" part, so I suggest you leave that out, it's confusing.)

I agree it would be plausible, but I don't think it's very likely. You see, dreams are combined memories and stuff, not just one simple memory. It's all new connections :)

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Originally Posted by ThreeLetterSyndrom

That's a nice theory ;)
(I got it by not reading the "but the memory your remembering is already a memory" part, so I suggest you leave that out, it's confusing.)

I agree it would be plausible, but I don't think it's very likely. You see, dreams are combined memories and stuff, not just one simple memory. It's all new connections :)

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Well the idea is its just remembering in a different way. I do agree dreams are more complicated then just a single memory though :)

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Originally Posted by John11

That's a cool thought and it kinda makes sense. I don't know if I'll get around to trying it for myself, but I'll be curious to know if it works out for you. I would guess you would have to practice doing that for a while before there was any noticeable improvement to dream recall though.

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If you were gona try it i wouldn't reccomend stopping other techniques, such as waking after dreams and writing about them etc. I jsut thought it could be an additional thing to do while sitting on the bus or train. Or maybe even while talking to someone you don't actually like :roll:

good idea,
when i sometimes remember that i did have a dream its the memorie of me rememberoing the dream, not the actual dream itself since those memories are so weakly sotored but the daytime memorie of rememberoing you did have a dream is much stronger.

Plus alot of what happenes in dreams is just false memories. So that add's to the effect.

What an interesting idea. I will have to pay attention and try this.