Thread: Writing makes me forget

I have been practising dream recall since a child because I like talking to my family about my dreams. This is what I do. As soon as I wake up and can remember a dream, any dream, I would lie still in bed ( not moving, even turning over can make me loose the dream ) and go over the whole dream sequence. I try to remember as much details as possible, the colours, the peoples expressions, the sceneries, what was said, who said what, the feelings associated with it etc. I would recite the whole thing over and over again until I feel confident that I can remember the whole thing in detail enough to go tell someone. As soon as I get out of bed, I find someone to tell my dream to, like telling a story ( yes, my family is very used to hearing about my dreams and lucky for me, they enjoy it ! ). Then I would spend a fair amount of the day thinking and reflecting on the dream, trying to decipher different possible meanings or messages from the dream.

I am sure if you do this, you will be able to write your dream down quite easily afterwards.

Good luck.

Thanks everyone, these are all great tips!
I realize that moving does seem to trigger the beginning of forgetting now that you mention it.
I'll try the "rest to remember" thing and see if it helps.
There are some dreams I will never forget, but they are usually scary or silly.
I rarely remember the ones that really mean something to me, which is why I want to have a written record of them.