3 weeks of fragments

Ok.. so this is the thing. I was not really practicing LD for a year.. because i wanted to have some "wake dreaming" just before to go to sleep, not trying to make WILDs.. I wasnt focusing on LDreaming at all. Stopped writing DJ, just living an ordinary life. And then i went to a book store, and I saw a really really remarkable notebook.. when i saw it , i said this my friend is my next DJ. I did buy the notebook of course, I put it just next to my bed, so I have it in reach. I said to myself, I will fill this DJ with my dreams. And what is happening to me at the moment. For 3 weeks all i remember are fragments and fragments. I remember many dreams from one night. And every single day. Doesnt matter if I am tired, drunk.. i can remember something.. But there is nothing really to write about. Because there are only some very little unconnected things i can remember. Like "falling from a huge fridge", "waitress didnt want to serve me beer", " i remember coins which i dont know" and at first i said to myself. What can I even write in my DJ ? I will wait for a dream which make sense. And it has not come.

So i am wondering, does anyone of you, have any special methods of remembering a dream when you wake up? because i litterally forget it in 2seconds. And can remember very little.. And this is getting really annoying. I did start to write these fragments in hope that it will help me remember the next dream.. but as far, no success..

I will be glad, for your help!

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But there is nothing really to write about. Because there are only some very little unconnected things i can remember. Like "falling from a huge fridge", "waitress didnt want to serve me beer", " i remember coins which i dont know" and at first i said to myself. What can I even write in my DJ ? I will wait for a dream which make sense. And it has not come.

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Regarding induction of lucid dreams: This is quite a bit of information already: I see those 2 fragments as 2 instances of negative dream content, most likely anxiety (which is pretty common), so I'd start right away doing reality checks whenever I go through unpleasant situations..make use of universal dream signs, they can extremely useful since they show up so often!

Regarding recall: this can't be stressed enough (hm, we need a tutorial xD):

- A regular sleep pattern does miracles to recall. Not only it reduces sleep inertia, but waking up without the need of an alarm also indicates that you most likely just came off a dream, which makes it easier to remember. So, work on that sleep hygiene!
- You have 3 weeks of fragments, that's more than enough to create dream content tables with dream themes:
a) location: are they always random, or do you have places that you tend to dream about several times a week?;
b) People: any people that show up frequently? Doesn't need to be a specific person, it can be people from work/school, people that relate to your interests, etc;
c) Actions: what are you doing? the plot is diverse, but sometimes there's a common action in many of your fragments: are you running from something, facing something, interacting with people, seeking something?
d) more on this one in a bit.

With this, you can make dream content tables and fill them out. If you didn't know, writing stuff down also helps you forget it, so you need to touch your DJ more than once per day if you really want to pay attention to your dreams. So ideally doing this at the end of the day would be great to make you work on your dream memories. Don't just put down all the information you can, write actively regarding the experiences (even if they are glimpses) that you recall.

Regarding d), use your dream recall for lucid dreaming: what did you do when the waitress didn't want to serve you beer? Why didn't you become lucid? Question yourself about yourself and your place in your dreams and you'll be more aware of them. This is the fun of a DJ: you're a detective exploring the reality of your dream world, don't just dismiss it as pieces of text, but clues into a higher insight :D

Zoth! Thank you very much for this detailed reply. What you wrote here sounds really helpful and as a matter of fact.. it is helping me already. When you asked.. what was I doing.. why didnt waitress serve me beer.. what did i do.. When you asked me that.. i remembered more. Now i remember 2 bars.. 2 waitresses and both didnt serve me beer. I dont know why they didn not.. but i remember what I did. I was angry, and left the bar. And i can remember the people now, who were there. I remember the colors. Even though it was couple of nights ago.

This is actually the key to my problems.. questioning myself.. why, where.. when, with who..

But usually the dream is so complex that i cant even know what it was that i just did.. its like I was putting some metal ball into a paper bag.. on a long stick on the top of a gigantic fridge in the middle of the night and trying to make a machine out of it.. for I dont know what. But this is actually what was dissencouraging me from writing it down.. because it was something so ridiculous that i didnt do it. And yet it is the best thing to write down.. because when you see stuff like I see in my dreams, you must be sure that you are dreaming.. because there is no chance in hell it could be real..

Thanks again for guidance.. and showing me, that those little things that i neglected.. are very important..