Thread: How to recognize a sound in a dream?

Perhaps by setting a prospective memory intention to recognize it, and keeping it in mind until falling asleep. For example "I hear this sound, I RC" (present tense is better). Coupling this with imagining it happening within the dream will help, too. You could also "rehearse" this during the day to reinforce the intention.

Originally Posted by Eamo24

Perhaps by setting a prospective memory intention to recognize it, and keeping it in mind until falling asleep. For example "I hear this sound, I RC" (present tense is better). Coupling this with imagining it happening within the dream will help, too. You could also "rehearse" this during the day to reinforce the intention.

Okay & do you think that in the dream the sound may be distorted or sound different?

Hmm, personally I don't think so. I actually tried this exact same thing once....I used an mp3 recording (a sort of repetitive musical track) and set it to play for when I was most likely dreaming. It played during the dream and sounded just fine (like external noise that happened to run alongside the dream). Going purely by personal experience I can say it didn't sound distorted in any way. So hopefully it works out

Originally Posted by arad

Okay & do you think that in the dream the sound may be distorted or sound different?

No doubt due to survival hard-wiring that's been with us since we needed to be wary at all times, your hearing is pretty much online throughout most of your sleep cycle, especially during REM and late REM cycles. If you program your app to say something that you will readily recognize (i.e., your own voice, or, better yet, the voice of someone close to you saying, "This is a dream."), you should be able to hear it during your dream. However:

Your message shouldn't arrive in your dream distorted, but it might be disguised by your dreaming mind (i.e., a DC walks up to you and keeps repeating that this is a dream, and you dismissively think she's a crazy fool, because you're sure you're in waling reality). So it might take a bit of practice and trial and error before you come to recognize the sound. As part of the daytime practice, you might want to play the recording (at random intervals,if possible), and do a RC each time you hear it.

Interesting! I'm definitely going to try to use the app with my own recording over the next few nights and see what happens

What is the name of the app if you don't mind me asking?

Originally Posted by theu1986

What is the name of the app if you don't mind me asking?

the DreamZ app