Thread: Any Tips on how to get your brain to WAKE up enough to write your dreams down?

Last night I woke up and remembered THREE dreams I was to lazy to write them down and fell back asleep. I am mad at my self Any tips on NOT falling back to sleep?

I was just about to say "samething happened to me, and now I don't remember one of them." but as I was typing the whole thing came back!
Thanks!

Originally Posted by NewVamp

I was just about to say "samething happened to me, and now I don't remember one of them." but as I was typing the whole thing came back!
Thanks!

lol

Do you wake up in the middle of the night? If so,
which light are you using, bright, dim, or none.

1 tip I would recommend is to never give up, soon your brain will get used to staying awake. If you're lazy(like really lazy), just write down little notes on the dreams u remember.

Thanks everyone. Lately Ive been writing them down =D. BTW I sleep with a brightish dim light

Thanks everyone. Lately Ive been writing them down =D. BTW I sleep with a brightish dim light

I also find myself go through periods of being too lazy to write anything down, even when i remember a dream quite well i will tell myself i need to lye perfectly still to remember everything and before i know it im asleep.

Luckily i have noticed this cycle and have broken it by as soon as the thought of 'i need to relax to remember more' i will give myself a nice firm slap across the face to remind me its worth all the effort in the end.

Hi Mancon, I have some tips which will help you. First keep your note, pen and flashlite within reach. Then motivate yourself to write down each dream, or just keywords. Keywords are just as effective as story's. I motivate myself with a challenge. It's maybe à little strange but it works very good. When I don't write down any dream I don't let myself watch my favorite tv program the next day. When I write down 1 dream I give myself a reward, with two dreams a bigger reward and so on. Untill 6 dreams. You have to write down your dreams each time you wake up in the night. Make your rewards personal, just what means a lot to you.
For me this also a new method but the results for so far are amazing.

Good luck

sometimes you just have to force it. If it's important enough to you.