been having disappointing nights. :(

[pushaton]

Some time around mid May, I experienced a lucid dream. I didn't know how I became lucid, I just did. Since then, I have been fascinated on lucid dreaming and realizing the endless possibilities that I can control in my dream. When summer break started, I started researching ways to induce these dreams. I had pretty bad dream recalling skills, and decided to record my dreams on a nightly basis. Everything was fine for the first two weeks, and I remembered my dreams vividly, until I got a job. My job requires me to go to bed pretty early, and to wake up at 9. Before then I usually went to bed at 3-4 in the morning, and woke up at 11-12. For the past week, i have been going to bed at 12, and waking up at 9, and when I wake up, no matter how hard i try to concentrate, I can never remember my dreams, and even if I do, they are just small fragments. For the past week and a half, my dream journal consists of me writing "I do not recall any of my dreams." Is there anyway I can remember my dreams vividly again? Thanks.

[Shift]

Try doing short WBTBs in the middle of the night. Set an alarm for every two hours from bedtime to wake up. If you go to bed at 12, then at 2, 4, 6, 8, and then the one at 9. I recommend keeping a separate alarm for your final wakeup time so that you don't accidentally shut it off and miss work.

[neuronex]

It helps not to move when you wake up, but if you wake up and forget to lie still - I've found it helps to utter out loud some random words. More often than not one of the words will trigger the memory of a dream. I also find that if I keep my thoughts calm and away from the concerns of the day while showering / making breakfast - often a stream of thought will occur which reminds me of a dream.

[Robot_Butler]

Your schedule is probably readjusting, so you're dreaming at different times. Don't worry about it too much. Your recall should come back as you get used to your new sleep schedule. It could be that you used to have a dream immediately before you woke up in the morning, making it easy to remember. Now, your dreams may be pushed to a different time in the night. Like Shift suggested, be sure to wake up in the middle of the night, either with or without alarms. Your goal should be to wake up after every dream and write it down. Waiting until morning to remember and record your dreams is very ambitious.

[pushaton]

Thanks for all of the responses. And neuronex, I always stay still when I recall dreams, it has always worked in the past.

[Lëzen]

It helps not to move when you wake up, Only problem with that is, you've gotta move to turn the alarm off.

[pushaton]

This morning I woke up at 4, 6, and 8. I still did not remember any of my dreams at all; after I set the alarm clock, I laid in bed perfectly still and nothing came to my mind. Yet another "I did not recall any dreams last night." entry in the journal.

[Silverwing]

Don't be disheartened. I went from a period of recalling 4-6 dreams a night, to recalling NOTHING for 6 months straight, because i simply got too preoccupied to focus on my dreaming. Now that I want to start focussing again, it is difficult to get my dream recall up again. But in the last two weeks i have made progress from 0 dreams a night to 2 or 3 dreams every few nights. This might not sound like much, but your mind takes time to adjust and to settle. Give it time and im certain you'll see results. As a curiosity, do you smoke marijuana? I found that over the last year a major factor which decreased my dream recall CONSIDERABLY was smoking weed. Although, now that i am focussing on dreaming again, i have not altered my smoking habits yet and am still seeing positive recall results. This gives me hope as well

[pushaton]

Yeah I smoke about 2 times a day, usually after work. I never thought weed would actually affect my dream recalling skills though.

[neuronex]

Only problem with that is, you've gotta move to turn the alarm off. If you're using a mobile phone as an alarm clock - most phones nowadays allow using an mp3 as the alarm tone. Just get a 3 minute long mp3 file with an alarm sound at the beginning, and the rest silence. Set your phone to snooze for 5 minutes or however long you'd like to lie remembering your dreams. Alarm goes off, plays once and goes into snooze. Next time the alarm goes off - then get up out of bed sleepy head. I Suppose you could record yourself saying: "Lie still...relax", to play after or before the buzz and then have the long silence. Here's a 3 minute mp3. A few beeps to start, then the rest silence: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b...4e75f6e8ebb871