Thread: oneiroer's workbook

Originally Posted by oneiroer

Remembered another dream this morning. I imagine with a lot of practice, I could probably remember a lot of dreams and LDs!...

Yes, you definitely can! It's just like any other skill -- you learn best by doing and performing focused, diligent practice. Nice work!

Originally Posted by oneiroer

Edit again...: I'm not liking being woken up sometimes when I'm trying to remember a dream. I get kinda mad at the people who wake me up who are near me wherever.

Oh no!! What's your living situation like that you wind up getting awoken prematurely? Is there anything practical you can do to avoid these interruptions?

I sympathize. When I wake up to one of the kids crying in the middle of the night or one of the dogs going nuts, I usually lose some dreams unless they were very vivid and firmly in hand.

Until you can change the situation in some way, just do your best not to get frustrated. The additional frustration will distract you even more from recall, so just do the best you can there. I offer this advice even though I get super annoyed if the dogs start going nuts in the middle of the night for no reason. But I know how I should be trying to handle it, I guess, heh heh...

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Yes, you definitely can! It's just like any other skill -- you learn best by doing and performing focused, diligent practice. Nice work!



Oh no!! What's your living situation like that you wind up getting awoken prematurely? Is there anything practical you can do to avoid these interruptions?

I sympathize. When I wake up to one of the kids crying in the middle of the night or one of the dogs going nuts, I usually lose some dreams unless they were very vivid and firmly in hand.

Until you can change the situation in some way, just do your best not to get frustrated. The additional frustration will distract you even more from recall, so just do the best you can there. I offer this advice even though I get super annoyed if the dogs start going nuts in the middle of the night for no reason. But I know how I should be trying to handle it, I guess, heh heh...

Cool! Thanks!
I live in an apartment but sometimes my girlfriend stays the night and I got distracted. She wanted attention but I was waking up from a dream I think I guess I shouldn't get mad at her and shouldn't try to remember dreams when she is over unless the dream memory is strong. I also stay the night at a friend's and my friends woke me up in the middle of the night. Usually I don't get woken up at friend's places but it happened recently.
Thanks for the advice!