Will Dream Recall Hold Me Back

**Iwannafly** · 03-28-2012 09:09 PM

Im worried that I wont be able to get into lucid dreaming. My problem? My dream recall varies from 0% to 0.00001% of a dream. The best I've achieved is remembering a single word. It was two nights back and all I can recall is the word "shoes". And tips?

**~~Alyzarin~~** · 03-28-2012 10:16 PM

You gotta start where you gotta start. Write down those words night after night and think into them as much as you possibly can. If after a good amount of time trying that you still can't remember any more, maybe you should just try another method, like WILD, that'll start you out lucid and drastically increase your memory. Do you smoke weed or use any other drugs? Lots of drugs (especially weed) can significantly lower your recall.

And welcome to the forum, by the way.

**Iwannafly** · 03-28-2012 10:39 PM

HAha I'm 13 and has only seen weed once

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**~~Alyzarin~~** · 03-28-2012 10:41 PM

Ah, well that's probably not it then.

Just try to keep up the dream journal then.... Also, give mantras a shot. Try telling yourself "I will remember my dreams." repeatedly when going to bed, especially if you work it into a rhythm like saying it whenever you breath out when waiting to fall asleep. If you stick with it enough your recall should start to improve.

**Iwannafly** · 03-29-2012 01:19 AM

Thanks for the tips

I heard not to try to gain lucidity until you can at least recall 1 dream a night and I want that to be soon. Cuz when I heard of lucid dreaming I was like this is probably what drugs do to you. Then I kept researching and realized how much people have lucid dreams and im like SWEEEET! Can't wait to have me first lucid dream

**Iwannafly** · 03-29-2012 01:21 AM

And Im going to try lying completely still right when I wake up to try to recall my dream. And if it's the middle of the night I might even try a DEILD

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