I use the note idea like you do, it works fine for me. |
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This is a problem I have. When I'm waking up in the night and writing in my dream journal, my head really isn't clear to actually write out this long coherent text, so I just jot down a few notes. But often, this means I don't remember anything when I wake up again, and the notes don't really help. Sometimes, they don't make sense at all. Like today, I found this gem in my journal - "bestike-mean. saskesauce". Now, that tells me nothing whatsoever and I can't help but wonder what the heck I was trying to say to myself. |
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I use the note idea like you do, it works fine for me. |
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Last edited by soadfreak2121; 04-23-2008 at 09:51 PM.
Voice recording is your friend. |
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I'll try that, soad. But I think I should develop a dream recall that approaches some sort of decent level before beginning to think about LDing techniques. xP |
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My phone has a voice record option, and i just whisper queitly xD |
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meh.....i've always had a really good memory so i wait 'til morning to write down my dreams. |
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I agree with the voice recorder suggestion. This is the method I use, and it suits my inherent laziness perfectly. You don't need to speak very loudly to be able to hear it and write it out the next day (or many months later, for the truly lazy, like me). I have one that I can turn on in the dark. I press one button, and if I'm doing it right, the red light will be on, and when I press the end button, a green light flashes. I like this because it doesn't wake me up so much as turning on a light. |
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Personally, I have no faith in my hand writing in the dark so I use a laptop to write my notes- no messy handwriting, and I can get out a lot more information a lot faster than with writing (depends on how good your typing is too. Auto-spelling and grammar checks help). I keep my laptop plugged in, next to my head, in sleep mode with my dream journal open. Then, when I wake up, I just reach over to open the laptop and start typing. Works like a charm. |
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Perhaps I'll try that. I've been wanting to get a recorder anyway. |
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i tried recording and it doesn't work for me my brain isn't cut out for talking in the morning... when i wake up i grab my DJ which is at a conveniantly close distance, along with a pen and i write it all down (with the lights off) and then when i really wake up i read it all and try to recall more details to write it all down again this time in a more readable way |
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-Improving dreamrecall...
I am a very visual person, and I say, pictures pictures pictures! Draw a rough sketch (you don't even have to be good at drawing, just some stick figures and basic outlines) of whatever you experienced, and write some notes down next to it. Try to use strong descriptive adjectives, maybe that will help bring out the emotion or sense that you experienced during the dream. |
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Oh yeah, another thing I do is jot down a few notes about the overall mood or mood progression of the dream such as: "guilty," "inquisitive," "happy," "scared," etc. Your brain will remember emotional content more clearly, and it seems to help me get in the frame of mind to recall the details better. |
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Shift - I'm more of a verbal person than a visual one, so I'm not quite sure that would work so well for me. What I remember from dreams is mostly what actually happened - I usually only have a vague idea of how things looked. I also have great trouble visualizing things. ._. |
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It really annoying for me when My pen is missing or under the bed and by the time i've found it most of the dream is forgotten, sometimes my DJ text looks more like arabic than english anyway |
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Take the time to write out more detailed notes. |
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Yes, this happens to me all the time. Sometimes I have no recollection of something in a dream that I wrote down. Other times I can't read what I wrote at all. It really aggravates me. |
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I still use a paper dream journal and it took me until recently to find a happy medium between quick notes and full written out stories. |
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