Thread: help with dreams ASAP

We can distract ourselves from recalling a dream by thinking we can't recall a dream or otherwise stressing about the process. In this way, stress can get in the way of our realizing what we dreamed about, causing a sort of fog, a sense of not knowing.

Think of recalling a dream as a passive process, like waiting for fog to clear. Ask your mind a question like "What happened?" to orient your mind toward your goal and relax and wait a minute to see if an answer becomes clear.

Realizing when we might be dreaming is like realizing what we dreamed about. It like a fog clear and it just become clear to us that we might be dreaming. The reality check is like a confirmation that we're dreaming.

Sounds like you're struggling with recall, which I think we all can relate to.

Perhaps making a morning ritual out of giving yourself time to recall before jumping out of bed or grabbing the phone, that's always helped me to increase my dream recall. Also priming your mind before falling asleep by telling yourself you will remember all dreams when you wake up, or even visualizing yourself waking up in the morning excited because you had the dream you wanted.

Try signaling to your brain you desire the information, then give it time in the morning to let yourself remember as dolphin said. Doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing, sometimes recall can be fleeting and you only remember a small detail or a feeling or a person, that is good! Write down or document in some form everything you do remember every morning and your mind will catch on and hold onto more and more information for you, at least that's how I've experienced it. Good luck!