Thread: Dreamer's Workbook [Intro Class]

My recall from this morning was a bit better:

20th May, 2014
House Escape, Political Protest [Fragments]

Much better recall today! Not lucid, though.
The dreams were pretty long, so I recorded them as separate entries:

21st May, 2014

Sex & Flowers for Katy Perry [Non-Lucid]

Warehouse Prostitutes [Non-Lucid]

There's some shared themes in both.

Originally Posted by ~ Dreamer ~

Longer than a midday nap should be, haha... Probably about an hour. I feel like an old lady sometimes.

Lol! Well, you put it to a pretty good use! That's actually very exciting - because you then have a bonus option to lucidity. If you are able to nap, that is. I can't fall asleep for a nap, even if I have the whole day available. But you seem to be able to take a advantage of those and turn them into lds! Great!

22nd May, 2014

Cinema, Nicknames, Dogs [Fragments]

23rd May, 2014

Spent much of the day talking about dreams with Atras, and continued doing that in my dreams without becoming lucid.

Talking to Atras & Missing Leo DiCaprio [Fragments]

24th May, 2014

I did recall some dreams, but I was too tired to write them down. They didn't feel particularly significant or interesting, otherwise I probably would have forced myself awake.

25th May, 2014

A bit the same this morning - I could have recorded these in more detail, but I wanted to go straight back to sleep.
I did take some notes this time:

Film Stuff & Sexual Tension [Fragments]

Another thing on my to-do list now is to read the threads on different recall and DJ methods.
I remember when my recall used to be much better, it would take me ages every day to record all my dreams, because I would remember multiple full-length dreams most nights.
I'll keep journalling for now, because my recall could still do with a lot of work, but perhaps there will be better ways to track my dream signs when it starts to become too time consuming.

26th May, 2014

Shamanism vs. Schizophrenia [Fragments]

27th May, 2014

Film Critique & Factory Work [Non-Lucid]

28th May, 2014

Sim World with Jeremy [Non-Lucid]

I still need to get onto reading those tutorials!
I will keep recording my dreams in the meantime, but I'll definitely set aside some time over the next week to do some proper reading.

I'm trying voice recordings for my initial recall to see if I find it any easier than waking myself up to type on my phone.
My sleeping schedule has slipped a bit (I'm becoming a night owl again), but I'm trying to get it more regular.

29 May, 2014

I Need A Break [Non-Lucid]

30 May, 2014

No recall, barely slept. :sleepysteph:
I'm going to have some mugwort tonight, I wonder if that will make a difference to my recall.
I'm also going to try FryingMan's suggestion of asking myself directly (possibly out loud) what I was just dreaming.

The mugwort may have had an effect - I had very vivid dreams, including a lucid dream! I have a 40 minute voice recording where I tried to explain everything... I'll see if I can transfer it into an abridged DJ entry later.

I've been lucid a few times lately, I just need to catch up on my DJ.
My recall has slightly better since I started voice recording, because I don't have to fumble around on my phone when my fingers aren't working. I started out just whispering so I wouldn't wake my housemate up, but I've realised that I really need to talk out loud or I'll fall back asleep. I have 2 voice recordings where this happened - in one, I spoke for about 20 seconds and then fell asleep for the remaining half hour sound file, while I dreamt of continuing the recording, haha. My housemate has said that I can talk as loudly as I want and he probably won't wake up, so I've been doing that, and haven't fallen asleep that way.

Okay, I've finally caught up on my DJ entries!

31 May, 2014

Running From Meeting, Power Experiments, False Awakenings [Non-Lucid, Lucid]

1 June, 2014

School Tour & Retro Game Arcade [Non-Lucid, Lucid]

Porno & Candy Land [Non-Lucid, Lucid, TOTM]

2 June, 2014

No recall because I didn't sleep a wink. My sleeping pattern has gone way off again, and I had to get up to do stuff during the day. :sleepysteph:

3 June, 2014

Bed, Farm, Sexual Fail [Non-Lucid, Fragments]

4 June, 2014

Blasting Cee About Professionalism

Sarah's Breakdown + Lesbian Proposal

Apart from the issues with my sleeping pattern, I'm really happy with my progress.
My recall is definitely improving, and I've been lucid 6 times in the first 4 days of this month (although a couple of those were very short-lived.)
Reading about LDing during the day is definitely making me think more about dreams while I sleep. Sometimes this results in really annoying missed opportunities (like teaching someone about LDing, but not becoming lucid,) and it's also making lots of my dreams 'semi-lucid', where I'm somewhat aware that I'm not in the real world but I haven't fully identified it as a dream that I can take control of. I will try to work on both of those things by doing more RCs when I think about dreaming.

That's great! I'll be sure to check out the epic one (candy land) soon! Congrats on the early totm completion and the increased ld rate!

5 June, 2014

Embarrassed at School + Pizza with Atras & Aqua

TV Theme Song + Parking In The Street

6 June, 2014

Spiritual Practices With My Family

Derren Brown's Guided Tour & Bro Shits His Pants
(Yep, my 22 year old brother soiled his pants in this dream, haha! I must tell him about it...)