Thread: Need tips on how to recall long dreams

I suppose only practice can get you to recall that much dream. I usually only recall like 15-25 minutes at most. But more often only am able to dredge up 3-6 minutes or so (often from no initial recall but then trying to remember). Even in a Lucid dream if I have been in it for like 15 minutes I might ask myself a question like how did I become lucid and if I can't remember then I am already losing dream, so If I find that to be the case I wake myself up. (I have only had half a dozen lucid that long tho)

I suppose the best way to remember more is to spend more time on recall, to quickly try to work forwards and backwards thru the dream and then to fill it in afterwards with lots of detail. But since I wake many times per night I don't have time to do this I don't want to spend 25 minutes trying to type stuff up each time I awaken.

If you do have the time then you could try sketching out places in the dream, recording first places, then dialogue, then feelings, colors etc going back thru and adding all the detail you can remember. (Don't forget to focus on recording inconsistencies and transitions in the dream too, as those are likely to be better for triggering in subsequent dreams if you noticed them)