Greetings/Dream Recall help

Hi everbody :)

Thought i'd introduce myself frst. I'm a student, just finished my second year at keele university studying for a Biochemistry & Philosophy degree. My hobbies are pretty much anything nerdy, I read books and watch films alot, enjoy video games and have recently got back into a childhoob hobby of mine, the card game and Magic: The gathering. I first discovered Lucid dreaming completely by accident a few years ago, when I realised half way through a dream that I was in a dream and just after thinking "Wow! This is going to be awsome!", I completely forgot that I was dreaming :D Fastforward to a few weeks ago and I was in a book shop and found a book on lucid dreaming going dirt cheap, and how i'm hooked :) I've yet to have a lucid dream (on purpose anyway), and my first LD goal is to perform on-stage with KISS :cheeky:

My first step to achieve a DILD is improving my dream recall, but I don't seem to be getting anywhere with it. I've been using the technique of repeatedly tellnig myself that "I will remeber my dreams" until I fall asleep, and staying still after I wake to help with dream recall, but so far my dream journal just been lying by the side of my bed becuase I haven't got anything to put it in. I've also put an alarm on a few hours before I normally wake up but i've so far slept right through it. I've never really remember that many dreams, but I'm a little disappointed that i've made no progress at all after a week of annoyingly sound sleep, so I figured I should get some more help on the matter.

So good people, any tips or techniques to help me out? I know I should be more patient but i've not even bugun to master the basics AND I JUST WANT TO LD SO BADLY :D

:welcome: Your timing is probably a little off. Try moving your alarm 15 minutes earlier or later until it is easy to wake up. It sounds like you are a deep sleeper. If you alarm is going off when you are in a deep sleep cycle, it can be hard to wake up.

If you absolutely can't wake to an alarm, try drinking a glass of water before bed. As long as you don't normally wet the bed, your full bladder should inspire you to get out of bed midway through the night.

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Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

If you absolutely can't wake to an alarm, try drinking a glass of water before bed. As long as you don't normally wet the bed, your full bladder should inspire you to get out of bed midway through the night.

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That is absolute genius :) i'll have to try that, but it may not be needed, as last night I remember my dream. Actually it was 2 dreams, but one of them was so short i'm not sure if it was just the same dream that evolved into something competely different. I woke up an hour before my alarm was set to go off, so i think you're timing point is probably true. The problem is that I often take a long time to fall asleep but not always, which makes judging when to set my alarm difficult. I'm hopefully past my recall prblems but if I run into them again i'm sure to use that water tactic, thanks alot Robot_Butler :)

Glad to hear you are back on track :)

Try using affirmations before bed. Like "I will remember my dreams" or what have you. Also in the mornings journal anything and everything. Whether it's a memory or an emotion. Write whatever you want.

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Originally Posted by dakotahnok

Try using affirmations before bed. Like "I will remember my dreams" or what have you. Also in the mornings journal anything and everything. Whether it's a memory or an emotion. Write whatever you want.

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Yeah, I agree with this. mantras before bed always seem to help me with recall. Just reread this tutorial before bed, and it should help. ;)