I'm confused

I've just been asking myself the same question over and over again and I was wondering if any of you could help me

When I dream, I feel like it's part of reality (even though nothing looks the same [colors faded, sky is always black and other odd things]) and I go through it as I go through life
I'm always conscious that it's a dream but i'm confused about memory recall

normally I remember a dream when I wake up straight after (happens mosly when I mess with it too much or finish the little scenarios my brain has set for me)
but when I don't remember a dream does it mean I haven't been controlling it or I just can't remember?

It's very difficult to explain my question and I doubt I'll be able to put in much more detail on what the hell i'm on about than that but thanks anyway.
~newbiehacker

dream recall and lucided are different things. You just might have diffculty remembering, you could work on your dream recall a little (there is information on this site somewhere)that my help.

Yeah there is a whole forum on dream signs and recall. You should check that out there is alot of useful information. And yeah even if you don't remember your dreams for a night you are still dreaming. You just have to get used to writing your dreams down regularly in a dream journal to help you remember them better.

I too am often swept up in my dreams (going along as if it was a movie script or something) but you can learn techniques to help you become more aware in your dreams. I never thought that I could have a DILD (dream induced lucid dream)...I always WILDed because the dreams I have at night I am usually not conscious about at all. But once I began to recognize some of my Dream Signs (for example, my car going out of control) I was able to become lucid at night. It will just take alot of practice, after all your mind was set in a certain way of doing things for so long and now you are changing them up so it will take some time and practice to be able to get lucid. ;)

If you have any questions feel free to PM me.
-nina :peek:

hi, welcome to the board. i agree with nina about the dream journal, it really does help. Also, i think if you have gaps in recall, i think these are normal, and not to be worried about. Worrying about it makes it worse. This coming from someone who's suffered this a few times...:P

Thanks, I'm glad everyone at this boards so friendly
:)

yeah, we're a great bunch..you should come into the chat sometime...it's a good place to hang out.