Stress and recall

[Lou]

Hi! I'm new to this forum so let me introduce myself. I have been working with dreams for some time, had few LDs, my main interest is to use them to influence my reality, to change it while dreaming lucid. I live in Cracow, Poland Since few months I have changed my job, new job includes a lot of stress. My problem is that I see that my recall is gettin worse. When I wake up, I know that I had a lot of dreams, sometimes I remember them and there's no problem with recall but other times I know I had them but it's problematic to recall them. Do u know any interesting relaxation techniqes, meditation? Other problem is that I wake up with my alarm clock, not before it so it may be the cause of some loss of recall. I sleep for about 7-9h per day (I always had problems with falling asleep so the time may be shorter in some cases). I've noticed that i have best recall when I don't have to wake up on certain hour. Does anyone know any method to overcome the alarm clock problem? Or to improve sleep to wake up well-rested before the alarm clock? Regards Lou

[Nikolaa]

to stop the stres try this when you get home,and you are stresed,find a nice spot,sit or lay there,and start to day dream that you are in a nice blace,like some mounten and you find a nice hous,or see a river nier,go there look around,that will take your mind of everything,then when you feel relaxed,eat something nice or sweet,and your OK oh and welcome to DV

[Lou]

Thx for the advise, I'll try it today when I go back from work (with some modifications). Interesting idea with the sweet stuff U have reminded me that visualization is a powerful tool, thx