Trying to dream again.[Help Needed]

Hey everyone, I'am Trying2Remember or you can call me Blaze(my real name.)

I've recently became very interested in Lucid Dreaming, and I'am hoping that the DreamViews community can help me achieve my goal. First, let me tell you why.

When I was a kid, maybe 9-13? maybe even 14. I'am 16 now. I used to have a lot of dreams, not bad ones. All kids really. Well now that I've been reading about all this stuff. I think when I was young I had the ability to lucid dream, but I had no idea. I can specifically remember in my dreams that I use to pinch myself a lot to tell if I was in a dream. It became a habit I guess because I was having maybe 2-3 dreams a week.

Now I don't have really any dreams. Maybe ONCE IN A BLUE MOON. I miss that weird feeling when going into a deep sleep. that "tingly" something is happening feelings. I've read a lot on this site recently ( 1 1/2 hours) at least a day. I'am trying FILD( Finger Induced Lucid Dream) and I have also started a dream journal. Only problem is a the dream journal. Not much in it because I'am not remembering the dream I guess. I just want to be able to Lucid dream again like I believe I could as a child. If anyone can teach me, introduce me a a greater technique, or hell, email me and we can talk. Maybe someone else has experienced this and has recently overcome it.

P.S. I went to sleep last night at around 2 a.m. I had to wake up at 7:30 to go somewhere. when I got there I was super tired and laid down on their couch. I was purposely trying to dream. So I just relaxed and I feel asleep. I woke up maybe 45 minutes to an hour later. I was sleepy, and again feel asleep. This is where I had a short, but tingly dream. A "scene" took place. I saw a close up version of a digital clock saying 12:30, and fell out of the scene , coming back to it with a split second of that dream feeling. this time I heard someone say my name. No one was home in real life so.


Again, Thanks to everyone who takes the time to read this and is willing to help me<3 - Blaze

Welcome to Dreamviews first of all :D . Many of us here have our own "style" and someone is bound to have the perfect key to get you back into remembering your dreams.

You said you went to bed around 2am. Is that the normal time you go to sleep? Are you usually exhausted when you go to sleep? Maybe try going to sleep earlier. I'm not expert on dream cycles or stages, but REM cycles, which are the ones that most dreams occur in, happen 4.5+ hours after you sleep, in about 90 minute cycles that get longer later on. Last night, you slept for 5 and a half hours, so you weren't "too far" into your REM cycles.

What you did was (sortof) something called a WBTB - Wake Back to Bed. It's a method that helps people "get" dreams or become lucid. What you do is: set an alarm to wake you up between 4.5 and 7 hours into your sleep. You can also train yourself to notice when you wake up at night, which is in between those cycles. When the alarm wakes you up, get out of bed for a bit, but keep the lights off, or just don't turn on anything bright, and think dreamy thoughts. Think about dreams you had before, etc. Some people stay up for 5 minutes, some stay up for an hour. After, go back to sleep. I don't know why, but for many people, it helps with dreams. So what you did was sleep for 5 and a half hours and then did a "WBTB".

What I'm suggesting, is for you to try that, but at night. Go to bed earlier so that you have time both before and after your WBTB. Make sure you don't do the WBTB too early; before 4 and a half hours. If you do, you won't be in your REM cycles yet. See if that helps you improve your recall.

Also, write down every little thing that you remember, even if you are not sure. If you think you dreamt about potatoes or french fries, write it down. When you wake up in the morning, try and waking up slowly and calmly, instead of with a loud alarm. Then, lay in bed for 10 minutes and think about your dreams.

One other thing to try is to come up with a mantra. A mantra is something you repeat to yourself during certain times of the day, or when you are falling asleep. Try coming up with something related to your dream recall, such as "Remembering dreams is easy" or "I will remember my dreams". Repeat this to yourself when falling asleep, both when you fall asleep originally and when you go to sleep after your WBTB.

Good luck and have fun :)

Thanks so much for the information! And I will make sure to try this method very soon. Possibly even tonight. I'am also very interested in FILD, which I mentioned above. :) I've been doing the nose RC, but I don't think I'am doing it correctly. Not physically but mentally. I just do it like to do it. I read that when you do your Rc's you should also stop and do your mantra's. with questions like "Am I dreaming.." "How did I get here" as well. Is that true? Should I change the way I'am going about it?