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yo i need some help i cant stay focused on remembering to remember my dreams. i tell myself i will remember my dreams over and over i even try to use a BWG to get to sleep faster via the sleep intro general settin but i always zone out and off the subject is there anything i can do to keep focus. i mean drastic meashers (besides drugs yuck).
pleas help.
There are a few things you can do. First of all, you should keep a dream journal and write everything down. Even if, at first, they are only small fragments or feelings. Just keep doing it and you will get better, trust me.
Another thing you can do is set an alarm clock in the middle of the night. You can time this pretty well since REM sleep (the stage of sleep where you dream) happens in fairly predictable intervals (about ~90 minutes) during the night. So you can set your alarmclock at multiples of ninety minutes from your bedtime. You should aim for the later REM periods since their duration increase as the night progresses (in other words, your later REM periods will contain longer dreams). So set the clock at four and a half, six or seven and a half hours after you sleep. When you wake up then, you'll probably remember the dream you were in and you can write it down :) If you need focus, just set the alarm clock pretty loud so you'll wake up AWAKE. You don't want to just.. turn it off and go to sleep again ^^
Hope it helps.. If I misunderstood you in any way, please tell me and I'll see what other info I can offer
Good luck!
- Thom
I can never saw I will remember my dreams over and over agian, sooo boring! What does help is to make it a habit that has soon as you wake up think about the dream you just had. And yes dream journals are good too.
and even if u cant remember your dreams when you first wake up, dont give up hope! i have a tendancy to not remember my dreams till 4-6 hours after i wake up (yes it is weird i know lol) just keep your mind open that something u might do that day might make u remember.