Can only remember my last dream every night

**Wolf2** · 08-05-2010 10:59 PM

So I don't think I'm anywhere near becoming Lucid (how many RC do I need to be doing a day btw?) but I've started remembering my dreams real well. 1 every night in pretty good detail. However 2 nights ago I had 2 dreams. The first I dreamed then woke up to go toilet and couldn't be bothered writing it down then fell asleep. Then I had another and woke up just before my alarm and wrote that one down in detail, but could hardly remember my first one. I could remember the environment and general idea but that's all.

Same thing happened last night, except I had 3 and could only remember the last. I think I woke up early twice. (Is that the only way to remember them, by waking up after them? OR could I wake just once up to my alarm and remember more than 1 I had the whole night)

So basically, how do I properly remember more than 1 dream I have per night? Do I have to wake up after each dream? Do I need to be writing it down when I wake up to go toilet in the early hours? Thanks

**Robot_Butler** · 08-05-2010 11:04 PM

It is best to wake up after each dream and write it down. It is hard to remember dreams from the beginning of the night. You can always just jot down a few notes. Maybe single words or feelings that will jog your memory in the morning. Sometimes I'll just scribble a few words in the dark, without even turning on a light.

**jmanjohn** · 08-07-2010 12:20 AM

Practice makes perfect. If you wake up in the middle of the night, do what robot butler said, just write down a few things that will jog ur memory. I personally remember around 2 a night pretty steady, sometimes 4 or 5 but, 2 sounds about right. Practice makes perfect. And go check out the tutorials. They might help you get lucid.

**NightWolf** · 08-07-2010 04:22 AM

Simply remembering a dream every night means you're getting closer to lucidity!

We actually do wake up after each cycle, but vaguely remember. As mentioned before, just write down a few notes whenever you wake up in the middle of the night; even if you forget about the dream in the morning at first, it'll come back to you after reading the notes. If you vaguely recall a dream right after waking up, lie still in your bed and try to move as little as possible and attempt to piece your dream(s) together; moving around a lot tends to make you forget

. And as jmanjohn said, practice makes perfect!