Can I Increase My Dream Recall?

When I wake up I can remember my dreams for like 2 secs and as soon as I grab my dream journal

BAM!

I forgot my dream...

Can anyone help?

I'll put some ideas in point form because i'm lazy to explain science and stuff right now.
Most of it is obvious anyway.


-Try to recall the dream as much as you can before rushing to your dream journal
-Eat a banana or two before bed. (Said to make dreams more vivid)
-Drink a lot of apple juice Directly Before bed. (Also said to make dreams more vivid)
-WBTB
-Drink a lot of water (Said to wake you up earlier, which can interrupt your REM cycle for more direct memory)
[Credit to gab for that one ^]
-Think about past dreams as you go to sleep.
-Read your dream journal a bit before you go to bed.
-Consider doing one of the techniques on the site. (WILD, DILD, MILD, etc.)


Hope this was helpful :)

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Originally Posted by Tradl3s

It's sad to say that was the most creative use of forum posting i've seen xD

Anywho, All i can say is you should try to get to it faster, and don't let too many other thoughts go to your head. Maybe take a moment to remember all the details first. Hope this helped.

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Lol thanks, If that was a compliment :P

Anyway It does make sence because so many thoughts and worries cross my head when I wake up and them thoughts make me forget the dream, so thanks!

Whoop. i was busy editing the post to make it better. Yeah that was a compliment :P check out what i posted (Refresh the page)

Oh lol :P congratz for the better post, oh and thanks for the compliment xD
and Can you do a DILD? I thought it was just a natural thing which happened in a dream

DILD stands for Dream Induced Lucid Dream. It happens naturally for some, it can happen randomly,(given that you think about lucid dreaming a lot) or you can practice some techniques to induce it. One of the most popular is Reality checks. There are tutorials on the site about reality checks, go check those out :)
Also, if waking up halfway through sleep won't interfere with important everyday tasks (School, work, whatever it is), then i recommend WILD. Like i said, there are tons of tutorials on the site. Just click on Wiki at the top. :)

When you wake try to relive the experience. I sometimes dont remember the dream but i remember the feeling. Then i put a lot of effort remembering it and when i remember it i relive it again. When i wake up i write the dreams down. I had also problem with remembering a dream but then i started to put much more effort in remembering my dreams and writing them down. Now i only write the dreams that are iteresting. I can recall my dreams nearly perfectly.

Also one other thing i did to improve dream recall was when it is night time i try to remember as much as i did that day. You will be suprised how much this will improve your dream recall. This will make it so much more easier for you to access your past memories even the things that you thought you had forgotten. After doing this for week i could recall about 70-100% of my dreams every night all most with no effort.
This might sound like a drag but its not just take 10min a day to remember what you did that day every single detail you can remember.

Have you tried waiting a bit after waking up? For me, I might not remember the dream as soon as I wake up. If I lay there completely still, concentrated on trying to remember, I can recall the dream. One time it took 15mins. So for 15min I was laying there telling myself to remember. Then all of a sudden my mind was flooded with the dream. So the memory is there, just have to force it out sometimes.

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Originally Posted by Tradl3s

DILD stands for Dream Induced Lucid Dream. It happens naturally for some, it can happen randomly,(given that you think about lucid dreaming a lot) or you can practice some techniques to induce it. One of the most popular is Reality checks. There are tutorials on the site about reality checks, go check those out :)
Also, if waking up halfway through sleep won't interfere with important everyday tasks (School, work, whatever it is), then i recommend WILD. Like i said, there are tons of tutorials on the site. Just click on Wiki at the top. :)

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Ive tried WILD and WBTB, I Cant get anywhere with WILD and WBTB just doesnt work, simple as

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Originally Posted by peequi

Have you tried waiting a bit after waking up? For me, I might not remember the dream as soon as I wake up. If I lay there completely still, concentrated on trying to remember, I can recall the dream. One time it took 15mins. So for 15min I was laying there telling myself to remember. Then all of a sudden my mind was flooded with the dream. So the memory is there, just have to force it out sometimes.

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Sometimes It works, but usually I have to wake up for school so I cant risk 15 minutes

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Originally Posted by Seltiez

When you wake try to relive the experience. I sometimes dont remember the dream but i remember the feeling. Then i put a lot of effort remembering it and when i remember it i relive it again. When i wake up i write the dreams down. I had also problem with remembering a dream but then i started to put much more effort in remembering my dreams and writing them down. Now i only write the dreams that are iteresting. I can recall my dreams nearly perfectly.

Also one other thing i did to improve dream recall was when it is night time i try to remember as much as i did that day. You will be suprised how much this will improve your dream recall. This will make it so much more easier for you to access your past memories even the things that you thought you had forgotten. After doing this for week i could recall about 70-100% of my dreams every night all most with no effort.
This might sound like a drag but its not just take 10min a day to remember what you did that day every single detail you can remember.

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Well Im gonna be trying everyones advice tonight so ill update you on how it goes ;)