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Absolutely, I've been practicing my dream recall and lucid dreaming and found out that my memory has been getting better. I'm sure if ure dedicated enough it can work for you too.

Originally Posted by Dreamkloyd

Absolutely, I've been practicing my dream recall and lucid dreaming and found out that my memory has been getting better. I'm sure if ure dedicated enough it can work for you too.[/b]

Thanks Dreamkloyd, that is most reassuring. I know I will have to work hard on recall, as at present I remember very little of my dreams, I will start with the time cycle, as I am most fortunate to be able to sleep with in 30 seconds of getting my head down.

Hi there Phaedra,

You're going to want to have a dream journal to improve your recall. Just jot down anything you can remember from your dreams when you wake up in the morning. It also helps you recognize dream signs too which will help you becoming lucid.

I admire your determination even with those setbacks. Good luck, and if you need any help, be sure to ask.

i wish you good luck in your future lucid dreaming, it would probably be a good idea for you to be adopted by someone, having someone to talk to directly about lucid dreaming will greatly increase your chances... check out the adoption forum for more details...

Good for you, Phaedra. You will begin to explore and get in touch with the "inner you." I have been recording my dreams off-and-on for many years. The best method is to keep a large pad of paper on a clipboard next to you bed. Keep a pen or pencil with it. Try to find a small flashlight, a "penlight" that you can clip on to the board that will illuminate the board but will not be too bright.

Whenever you have a dream that awakens you, reach over and grab the clipboard, click on the light, and while still half-asleep write down as much as you can as quickly as you can, and try to remember all details. Do this until you have noted everything you can remember about the dream,-- everything! That means the place it happened, who was there, any conversations, any details, and most importantly, how you felt as your dream-you experienced this landscape. THen click off the light and go back to sleep.

If you have a large pad of paper, you could fill several sheets in one night, or you might have several nights pass when you don't remember any dreams.

Then in the morning when you awaken, go to your notes and they will jog your memory. Then write down all the details you remember from your notes from each dream. It really works!

I have gone back to my childhood, have had contacts with my parents, who have been gone for several years now, have talked with childhood playmates, have met girls I had crushes on in high school. I've walked through neighborhoods I'd long since forgotten, seen details of porches I sat on many years ago with people I'd hadn't thought of for years. All these scenes brought insights into myself I could not have got any other way.

It's a fascinating experience, and it's new every time you have another dream.

Good luck.

Jay Magoo

Nice to have you aboard Phaedra. Confidence and determination are an awesome start... and I will second everyone elses suggestion that keeping a dream journal is priority number uno at this point.

One tip that works best for me is to actually log my dreams on my PC. I find I can type about a million times faster than I can handwrite. I wake up and lie in my bed for a moment, often still with my eyes closed, and let my memories sort of float around in my head and come to the surface. Then I get up and write down a few keywords for each one in notepad, and then expand on each dream thereafter. I often find I will spontaneiously remember more details and entirely new dreams once I start writing everything down.

Good luck and stick around with us!

Ben