Thread: Well, got a few questions

Originally posted by Bassist
First of all, hello to everyone. I am new here. Now...
I read through the guide and what not, but I have a few remaining questions. Keep in mind, I have yet to expirience anything relative to lucid dream (at least I don't recall it happening), and I almost just learned about it (I had seen something on wikipedia previously, but that's about it). Also, I am quite young (16 years old), so I'm not sure if that affects anything postively or negatively for lucid dreaming...? *

So, I just wanted to know a few things. See, I have HORRID dream recall. I can barely ever remember a dream unless some random thing during the day triggers my memory of the dream, and then I remember a small fragment of the dream. It suggested to fall asleep and then wake up after a couple hours, but I usually can't wake up after that amount of time, and if I do, my mind is still foggy, so I probably wouldn't remember to write anything down, anyways...So...Is there any other way of improving the accuracy and efficiency of recalling dreams besides waking up at night?
Also, for actually inducing lucid dreaming, are there more ways to consciously induce the lucid dream BEFORE you actually fall asleep? It seems to me like it would be awfully difficult to induce the lucid dream while sleeping since I barely know what's going on in most of my dreams, so I think it'd be a lot easier for me to do something before I actually fall asleep, in order to direct my thoughts toward a lucid dream.
Thanks in advance for the help, and hello to everyone at Dream Views.

Hey, welcome to the board!
The best way to improve your dream recall is to tell yourself every night before you go to sleep that you will remember your dreams. Keep a notebook by your bed, and then when you wake up in the morning, write down whatever you can remember.
When you first wake up, just lie there focussing on what you might have been dreaming about. Ask yourself where you were, what were you doing? Who were you with?
Try and pick out feelings and emotions as well, as they can often lead you back to a dream.
As to inducing a lucid dream before sleep, you should check out the WILD tutorial in the Tutorials section!
As your recall gets better, you will encounter recurring themes, people or places in your dreams, and these will become dreamsigns, you can use these to check if you are dreaming or not.
Hope this helps. By the way, i've sent you a welcome PM so feel free to PM me if you have any more questions.

Welcome, Bassist.

Irishcream gave you the same advise that I would so I won't perpetuate the cycle of repetitive redundancy. (That's a mouthful) But if you have any questions I would be glad to try and answer them as well.

-Amé