Approximatly 14 days.

**hkharris** · 08-05-2008 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by Scarhand

You really should keep a dream journal. It's not hard, just keep it right next to your bed and write down whatever you remember as soon as you wake up.

and to add to this, only write down key words and parts. don't try to write the whole story. You'd be supprised that you'd remember the dream from a month ago by just looking at the key parts.

**Schmaven** · 08-05-2008 04:47 AM

He's right, one time I woke up after having a really long dream, and was too lazy to write it all down, so I just wrote down 20 or so key words. The next day I was going to try to write it down in full, but just that list of key words was enough for me to remember the entire dream, and in detail. That was over 2 months ago, and I just reread the same list, and can fully recall the dream. I think I might start writing down all my dreams in this way actually.

**Mini Man56** · 08-06-2008 08:24 AM

Well, holding your nose and breathing is good, but just plain holding your breath is not a good RC, because it only works if you try holding your breath longer than physically possible, which is not healthy... Plus it's noticable, which defeats the purpose!

When should you RC? Whenever you go, "What just happened?!" Don't do it every hour or something because that doesn't work well. Just do it when something weird happens, so it's less habitual. Otherwise, it may work, but you're so used to it NOT working you won't do anything!