Thread: If you can't remember your dreams, TRY THIS!

Originally Posted by MasterMind

WOAH :O This thread got popular! I am still on the forum but with a different username because I forgot the password to this one (but I just figured it out).
I have been a little careful because of my fright to get banned for more than one account - I'll give you a hint, I am still Swedish, write down my recalled dreams every day and I am asian looking.
I hope the admins will have mercy on my soul...

Cya keep recalling!

You can get banned for that???? I would just die!

Originally Posted by Wurlman

That's my dude right there! Xanous woot!!!

Dude I freaken love you. LOL!

Well I don't know if this helped but I recalled two NLDs and Had a DILD to DEILD. I am very happy this morning.

This definitely worked for me. I tried this, and on the first day I remembered two (possibly three) dreams, although one was in the void and very blurry. The next day, I recalled three and none were in the void. This helped me recall a lucid.

After a while I stopped, and now I can only recall one dream a night. It took longer to have a lucid when not using the technique than with, and i'm not even sure if it was a lucid (all I remember is flying for a few seconds, getting an epic feeling, then going to the ground and talking about my friends about something to do with dreaming for a few seconds).

I didn't read the whole thread, so someone please tell me if this is worth trying. For what I've read it seems the feedback is positive.

Originally Posted by TruMotion

I didn't read the whole thread, so someone please tell me if this is worth trying. For what I've read it seems the feedback is positive.

I think it trains your mind to want to remember events as they unfold because you know your are wanting to record them later. I think this mindset carries over into your dreams making you more aware and boosting recall.

Originally Posted by Xanous

I think it trains your mind to want to remember events as they unfold because you know your are wanting to record them later. I think this mindset carries over into your dreams making you more aware and boosting recall.

Gonna try it for a week or so and see how it goes

Done it twice and I've remembered two dreams booth nights

Well, I'll be...I've just recently started to get back into trying to become lucid in dreams and I know the first step to this is to first retain the dreams, to be able to recall as many as possible. Until now my recall level was 1-2 dreams remembered over a week, maybe 3 at times.

So before going to sleep I spent about 15 or more minutes in writing my day from the morning right until at time in my dream journal software. I recalled everything pretty well actually. Then I went to sleep.

I didn't wake up in the night, I think the first time I woke up was about 5.40 when hubby woke up to get to work. I sat there awake and tried to remember my dream. I only knew that it was truly vivid with loads of things in it, but for the life of me I couldn't recall it - it was at the edge of my subconscious. After a few minutes I did remember suddenly a part of it and then a bit more, so I eagerly wrote it down and went back to sleep. About 7.20 I woke up as I was very cold. I started to think about my latest dream and I remembered it very easily - at least a major chunk of it. Woohoo. Back to bed - except a mosquito was bugging me, but eventually I slept. I liked that dream so I kind of wanted to get back to the same one. And I did. When I woke up in the morning at about 8.35, I remembered my last dream and it was a continuation of the previous one, but at a more advanced point (like in the previous dream I was on the first floor of a building and I was curious to see what's in the basement, and in the last dream I remembered being in that basement).

It really never happened before to remember so many dreams in one night. Granted, they were not the entire dream, but that's a major improvement in my book. I'll keep up with it and see if I can do it again...and again.

Just wanted to follow up on this - last night again I wrote about my day quite in detail. Went to sleep. Also drank a lot of water based on yet another tip from the forum hoping that I'll wake up - which I did, but as it was 2 am and I went to sleep at 12, there were no dreams to remember. But after that I had a very long vivid dream, quite involved actually. Woke up, rewound the dream in my mind since hubby was sleeping next to me so I didn't want to wake him up by writing in my dream diary, then went back to sleep a third time. And again, I continued dreaming from the previous dream right until around 7. So not only again remembered two dreams but also both nights the dream simply continued from the previous one. For me that's unheard of, and definitely not two nights in a row. Big kudos to this thread!

THIS IS AMAZING! ive only had maybe 2-3 lucid dreams the past year. do this and have 2 in one night.... I recommend that other people try this!

It seems like it does trigger the DILDo. Its just a pain in the ass to do it every night. Im just getting back on it now but it was helpful when I did it before.

Originally Posted by Xanous

It seems like it does trigger the DILDo. Its just a pain in the ass to do it every night. Im just getting back on it now but it was helpful when I did it before.

Pain in the ass, Dildo? I think you are doing it wrong

But yeah I know what you mean, I don't even use it anymore this method is just a kickstart of your dream recall process to get generally more aware. This awareness leads to more vivid dreams which in turn lead to a higher chance to become aware of your dreams but also awakenings. You don't have to write down every dream you have if you remember 4 REM periods or more, because I have found that I can fill 4 A4 pages with just the second REM period, so just imagine trying to remember everything every night! You would right a book in 2 days.

So the important thing is first your memory which then leads to awareness, and when you feel confident about the memory focus on increasing your awareness.

Good luck =)

Originally Posted by MasterMind

Pain in the ass, Dildo? I think you are doing it wrong

Sorry but my dirty mind can't stop laughing at this line!

Originally Posted by kislany

Sorry but my dirty mind can't stop laughing at this line!

My dirty mind is dirtier than your dirty mind

I also quit day journal for now. Another time maybe as like everything else it quits working after a time and for now anyway my recall is working again.
Now I first like to pre-sleep recite to dream that I am in an empty lucid dream. From there I am free to let my sleeping mind conjure up things the waking mind cannot possibly imagine..And you otter see the things I come up with, Holy cow ! (Literally, Look at the things on those things)
Of course the impossible things are also hard to recall in words I can record.

Originally Posted by MasterMind

Pain in the ass, Dildo? I think you are doing it wrong

But yeah I know what you mean, I don't even use it anymore this method is just a kickstart of your dream recall process to get generally more aware. This awareness leads to more vivid dreams which in turn lead to a higher chance to become aware of your dreams but also awakenings. You don't have to write down every dream you have if you remember 4 REM periods or more, because I have found that I can fill 4 A4 pages with just the second REM period, so just imagine trying to remember everything every night! You would right a book in 2 days.

So the important thing is first your memory which then leads to awareness, and when you feel confident about the memory focus on increasing your awareness.

Good luck =)

LOL you all like that eh?

Anyway. Sageous said it best. Lucidity is a 3 legged stool. 1) Dreamstate 2)Memory 3) Selfawareness.
Master 2 and 3 and you got it.

But this is a good memory booster for sure. Maybe you don't need to do it every day. Just when your recall goes to shit for whatever reason.

I definitely suggest this method of dream recall. I was on a 2 week streak of absolutely zero recall until I tried this method last night. I had 2-3 dreams. I couldn't recall very much of them, but they were vivid dreams. I plan on doing this until I can remember at least 3 vivid long dreams a night, maybe even more . This is a great method to get out of a rut of horrible recall.

This is very interesting. I need to pick up a two subject notebook or something. One page in one subject for my dream journal and one page in one subject for my waking journal. I usually have 3-5 dreams recalled a night with a mantra, but I'd like to use a mantra to achieve lucidity rather than recall my dreams. I've also been having recent issues remember more than a dream a night or so. Hopefully this will cause me to wake up after each REM cycle, then I can try a DEILD again! Thanks MasterMind!

Your Welcome =) Tell us how it goes!

Sweet Dreams!

I am kinda of new to this once you have become lucid how do you stabilize please any advice would helpful

Originally Posted by DreamWeaver91

I am kinda of new to this once you have become lucid how do you stabilize please any advice would helpful

There are tons of threads about this but I think the basic things to do would be mainly to focus on anything in the dream. Look at the detail of an object, rub your hands together, feel objects near you, that sort of thing. And always try to remain calm. Excitement will wake you up quicker than anything. Try asking around HERE

I tried this last night and I didn't even finish writing it and I had three vivid dreams, and they were very lengthy ( this is the first time I recall three dreams so well and long ) and one of them was my longest most vivid LD that lasted for like 30 minutes to 45 minutes. You, my friend, have given me an amazing technique. Thank you!

This seems like a nice way to relax and unwind for the day, besides for the purpose of remembering dreams. I don't keep a 'waking journal' but I've gotten into the habit of reflecting on the events of the day, which my therapist taught me to do as a part of ADHD treatment a few years ago. And yes, I do believe that if you find some time during the evening to collect your thoughts in this way, you can 'teach' the brain to recognise the progressive, story/movie-like nature of dreams.

+1 liked.

I tried this yesterday. I picked out an empty journal I had sitting around to use in tandem with my dream journal. I detailed the events of my day out as accurately as I could. I went to bed and should have had about six dreams, I recalled five. That's a high average for me but I didn't use a mantra. I also woke up, and remember waking up, after each REM cycle. I didn't have a lucid and couldn't record my dreams (I wrote down key words left handed and in the dark.. so they're illegible.) I'm going to try this again tonight and hopefully have a lucid.

I also tried to incorporate the humming of my room fan as an anchor. After I went through sleep paralysis, the fan lowered in pitch, and eventually went away. I'm unsure of what to do after this?? Suggestions?

For the scrawling in the dark left handed thing I have this to offer.
I keep a digital recorder clutched in my hand when I go to sleep and have learned to push the right button to record dream recall with very little motion and without opening my eyes. Later I unload them and edit my dream journal on the computer.
(And I keep my nasty little journal on a thumb drive where an every person cant crack into my computer and read it)