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    1. 10-09-2008 05:54 AM #1
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      Another New Guy

      Hey Everyone!

      My name is Alan, 20 years old, and a student at the University of Idaho.

      I first heard of Lucid Dreaming my senior year of high school and thought I'd give it a try. Needless to say, with all the stuff going on my senior year, I hardly got a couple dream journal entries in before it was put on the backburner and later forgotten about. I've decided that I'm going to get into it for real this time around.

      I've always been able to dream, or recall my dreams, pretty easily. At least for the first 15 minutes or so from when I wake up. I can usually get started on dream journal entries, but as I write the dream fades more and more from memory and I usually can't finish the entry. Anyone have any good tips to keep dreams fresh while you record them in your journal?

      My biggest challenge with dreaming, or say, controlling my dreams, is knowing that I can take control when I think that I'm dreaming. Often times, if I'm having a bad dream I can try to just wake up. I'd say 95% of the time I'm able to actually wake myself up out of my dream. The odd part though, is while I can wake myself up, I can't actually convince myself that what's happening is actually a dream. Basically, I just believe that what's happening in the dream is real. I'm having a tough time jumping that hurdle.

      I've been experimenting with what different kinds of things I can do before I sleep to have more vivid and recallable dreams. Lately I've been doing a 20 minute full body workout and downing 20 ounces of water right before I go to sleep. It seems to be helping out. It makes me sleep harder, which apparently helps me get deeper into my dreams. Anyone else try this, or have other things they do before bed to help them dream?

      Also, I've noticed that sleeping in different positions seem to help me dream deeper. Typically I sleep either on my stomach or on my side, but if I can manage to fall asleep on my back, I end up having deeper and more recallable dreams. Anyone else experience something similar?

      Well, that's a little more than I had planned on putting in my opening post, but there you have it.

      -Alan

      Actually, a little about me personally. . . I live for the outdoors. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, and anything else outdoors. You name it, I do it. I'm a die hard Boston Red Sox fan, as well as a San Diego Chargers fan on the NFL side. I'm a student at the University of Idaho right now, majoring in Forest Products, and am nearly midway through my sophomore year. Anddddd, I think that's it for now.
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    2. 10-09-2008 03:27 PM #2
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      Hey, welcome. I'm new here too as you can see. I was also wondering about the sleep position aspect. I've never been able to fall asleep on my back excpet during a mid-day nap and only by accident. I had a friend that said he always got nightmares when he slept on his stomach, but never when he slept on his back.
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      Yeah, I agree that sleep position can change the way you dream. I have very different experiences sleeping on my back, side or stomach.

      I'm the opposite when it comes to recording my dreams. As I write in my journal, I start to remember more of the dream. Do you lie still for a few moments and go over the dream in your head? Or do you wake up and immediately start writing?
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    4. 10-09-2008 06:38 PM #4
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      This morning I was actually able to recall a handful of dreams. I went ahead and started writing, but I would pause at times and go over all of the dreams I had in in an effort to keep them fresh in my mind. This seemed to work pretty well, though it took a lot longer to write them down. (I'm sure it was because I was able to remember more to write after keeping it fresh)

      Robot_Butler, usually I've just started writing like a mad man trying to get it all down. . . Like an intense race against time, but this time I just kept refreshing them and was able to hold onto 'em much longer.

      Also, last I remember I was on my stomach when I fell asleep, but I woke up on my back. Curious if that is why I was able to remember more than one main dream. I'm going to try and nail down a pattern.
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