Having Difficulty Remembering Dreams

**Jake Kobrin** · 06-07-2010 07:49 AM

Hi,

Does anyone have any tips for improving dream recall? I'm just getting back into dream studies/lucid-dreaming after about 9 months of break. I used to remember an upwards of 6 full dreams a night, and for some reason I haven't been able to remember anything from my dreams for the past 3 nights. If I recall, mugwort tea greatly intensifies the vividness of dreams... [tried this last night, same problem] But if anyone has any other tips, I'd appreciate it. And, for the record, I'm getting plenty of sleep and waking up naturally (which is rather important, I think.) I'm recording my dreams with a tape recorder when I wake up. That's not the problem. I wake up not remembering any of the dreams, before I move or open my eyes or anything of the sort.

This has sort of bummed me out because I used to have several LDs a night and could fully remember tons of dreams...

Thanks!

p.s. Perhaps I'm just in a rough patch, eh?

**Optim** · 06-07-2010 08:50 AM

Well you seem to have most if not all of the key points of dream recall down. I would usually write out tips, but you have what you basically need to do. If I may make a suggestion, I recommend that you actually record your dreams in a dream journal instead of a tape recorder. In fact doing both would be very good for dream recall. You can create a dream journal on Dream Views, or you can create your own in a spiral pad or some type of notebook. Also, you should create a checklist in which you ask yourself questions about things that may have appeared in your dreams. For instance " Was insert name here in my dream?" or " Was I in insert name of place here during my dream?". This checklist should be custom designed by YOU to fit YOUR dreams, so it would be smart to question about things that usually appear in your dream. If you are usually in your house in your dreams. Add "Was I in my house" to your checklist. Dreamviews has a very helpful tutorial that can be found at http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=66343
Hope this helps!

**Jake Kobrin** · 06-08-2010 04:39 AM

I figured this out. I've been taking St. John's Wart which allows you continue releasing serotonin while your sleeping and it messes with your dream and sleep cycle. A lot of people who take SJ'sW or other similar drugs have problems with insomnia and such. SO, I'm going to take a break away from the stuff and see what happens... Even if I fall back into depression.