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Well, are you often stressed? I find that when I am stressed that I have problems remembering my dreams. Also, I've heard from others on here, that if you just lay with your eyes closed for a while after awakening that your dream may come back to you. It's helped me remember my dreams. Or if you read other dream journal entries on here then it might make you remember. You can read mine sometime if you want to. Welcome to Dream Views by the way, I just joined also, and I hope that this has helped you!
Happy dreaming!

On the contrary, the current path i am on in life is astounding to me and I have been more excited than ever to live life. Although this might be the same concept, perhaps i am dwelling too heavily on worldly matters and am just convinced in my mind these are the only ones that matter. Stress is not really the issue I feel however as in the past, my entire past, dreams have not been something I remembered. Very rarely would I awake from a dream and remember it. I realize before I can even begin to Lucid Dream I must overcome this obsticle. I will try laying in bed directly after waking up and trying to put myself back in some alpha, delta, or theta state and see how this goes, I know if I can get my mind to come to the realization that i was dreaming and remember part of the dream I should be able to take off from there and begin a dream journal and begin the whole process of Lucid Dreaming. that is my goal at least.

Also how would one look up a specific persons dream journal such as yours? Anything that will help me at this point would be great. Thank you for your reply by the way.

EDIT: I found how to access your dream journal nevermind on that part

ok. =)

Welcome to Dreamviews KilleN! If you are seeking help with lucid dreaming, you came to the right place. I find that if I read some of the dream journal entries helps with my recall, and also lying in my bed thinking of my dream also helps. I hope I was helpful!

The problem here Zark is not gaining lucidity. It is remembering my dream to begin with. So laying in bed thinking of something I cannot begin to have any frame of reference of is nigh impossible. I first need to master having any knowledge of having dreamt once i awaken from my sleep. Without this ability I fear the rest is useless.

While I do not have been looking up the things you're talking about (because frankly I don't need them personally), I do understand the point you make when you say you think that remembering and controlling your dreams will lead to an even fuller and happier life...
That's certainly what happened to me because before this I used to think sleeping was a waste of time, while actually there's a whole world hidden in our head waiting to be explored!

Anyways, on to your problem. Remembering dreams is not really that hard. I noticed, just by talking about mine to my girlfriend, her recall has gone up. It seems that the brain, as soon as it is confronted with enough interest in the dreams that happen every night, will automatically start paying more attention to them. With as a result, better recall, and the best part: overall increase in vividness (this is ofcourse personal so don't take my word that it's going to happen to you too).

Autosuggestion might be a powerful tool. When you go to bed, say to yourself (in your head or out loud, don't think it matters) that you want to remember your dream when you wake up. Keep repeating this mantra to yourself, and mean it. It helps having a clear mind when doing this, and if possible, make it your last thought before you fall asleep. Also, when waking up, move as little as possible and take a few minutes thinking about what you've dreamt. It can be that at first you won't remember a thing, as you've said is the case, but I have noticed that suddenly one thought jumps through your mind and then it's possible to bring alot of it back. Just keep out the things that are going to happen in the day ahead of you, don't think of them yet, try keeping your mind clear and remember...

If at first it's only a little bit, don't despair Your brain will grow accustomed to this and you'll see that soon you'll remember more and more...

Just my 2 cents :p

Thanks for the reply Ayanizz, you've been very helpful. I guess I can't talk to people about my dreams but I can involve myself in others, I plan on using my 4 year old niece for this. Well see how that goes. Ive worn myself out pretty bad today, I am exhausted so well see where that takes me. Is that generally better or worse for dreams?