Thread: Method for Remembering Dreams

Ever thought you didn't dream at all (even though that's silly), but then later remember a glimpse? Not even a complete thought, but a tiny inkling that feels almost the same as de ja vu. Here's my story and method for turning that inkling into remembering the whole thing.

So once again I didn't even feel like I dreamt that night. About, I'd say, 3 hours after I had woken up, I walked into the kitchen and looked at a satsuma that was on the counter. What that had to do with my dream, I still don't know, but as soon as I laid eyes on that satsuma a little spark ignited in my brain that I always associate with remembering a dream. I froze, but the memory was already slipping away, so for the first time, I tried harder to remember. I backed around the corner, then walked back into the kitchen again and glanced at the satsuma. I felt the same exact spark, but stronger. I felt like I was on to something, so I did it a couple more times. I felt like it was on the tip of my tongue, then as I came around the corner again, it felt like someone had broken a dam in my brain. Almost my entire dream came flooding back to me.

So basically, the next time you get the inkling, try and recreate the exact circumstance that you were in when you got it. Before you recreate it, relax your brain, and stop trying to remember it. Keep doing this until you remember. Once you remember, I find that typing the dream (writing is too slow) or telling somebody about it especially, always helps me to put it in the right order. Talking about it helps me get the sequence of events down, and sometimes more pieces of the puzzle fall into place.