Thread: dream recall question...

Heya moifay!!

Well I guess it all depends on how good your overall dream recall is. I remember about 5 dreams a night.. I'll usually remember the longest/most vivid ones the second I wake up, and then the rest will come within a few minutes. But sometimes, I'll go through half the day without remembering anything more, and suddenly something will accidentally spark my memory.

How long have ya been keeping a dream journal, or are you? These things get easier the more you write them down.

hey, haha, well, yea i have that sometimes too, but i havent been remembering my dreams right when i wake up, but maybe i have to get up and wait a bit for them to slowly come back, i started my dream journal the day after i joined...so, about 5 6 days?

Moifay

5-6 days, that's just like yesterday! You're doing fine, give it a few more days and you'll see more results. Someone had a suggestion of lying there in bed for a few minutes after you wake up and not move a muscle.. moving sometimes kind of works like an eraser and erases your memory.

Wait, not even.. it's 3 days!

hmmmm, interesting, ill try that, but usually im wake up and just fall right back asleep, but yea im tonight im gunna sit there when i wake up for like 15 mins, and see if i remember anything!

wooohoo, my dream recall seems to be getting better i slept from about 12:30 - 5:50 or so, and i didnt remember having any dreams, so i got up, did some stuff, still didnt remember anything, so i thought id go back for 1 more try, and sure enough i had a dream, very strange dream too, but a dream none the less, and its in my dream log !!

Woohoo!!! Congrats!!

yea, laying in bed for a few minutes will help your recal alot. i just jumped out of my bed this morning and didnt remember i had a dream for 30 minutes after i got up, i also couldnt remember enough to write anything in my dream journal....

Yep. in fact try not moving a muscle. lay in the same position and try 'feel' the dream mood ... then reconstruct it... all before moving.
Helps me anyway...

yea, its probably better that i just wait cuz if i remembered it right away, id be so messed up from waking that id probably hardly be able to write haha. but i hope its getting better thanx for the suggestions

Remembering dreams later during the day happens to me occasionally. I'll be doing something and suddenly the dream I had that night will run through my mind like a movie. I'll remember every detail, every scene, every action, and I'll be surprised that I forgot about it.

yea, i ahve that sometimes too, the mind is a strange thing *falls down*

What I like is when I run into someone and think of the last time I saw them, then do a double-take like, "Oh, that was a dream." The dream memory is totally a part of waking life until I focus on it, like achieving lucidity way after the fact. It always trips me out and makes me laugh.

Just out of curiosity, how did you awake? Did you use the mild method? Or an alarm clock?

if your asking me, i just naturally wake usually, or from people stomping.

IF you can't remember a thing about your dream in the morning, and you lie there patiently, even if it takes 10 minutes, I garuntee* you will remember something.

*rules and restricitons apply

id have to get up, if i juss laid there, id fall back asleep or would i o_O?