Can't Remeber My Dreams Anymore!

So lately my dream recall is going down hill. Starting about 4 or 5 days ago I was having dreams but not vidid or intense as my other ones. On these nights I was also only able to remember one or two of my dreams. I can usually remember like 2 - 4. I am what you would probably call a burnout or a pothead, and as my resolution I have been trying to cut back. I have managed to do this but not drastacly. I was usually blazing around 5 or more times a day and now I'm at 3 or under (some days I'll do more though). Oddly enough, the downfall of dream recall around the same time of cutback. Though It's probably not relevent I just thought I state it as it could be possibly. Have any of you had periods where you dream recall sucks?
And by the way, I still havent had a lucid dream.

Smoking hinders your dream recall I already showed studies that basically prove this on a number of instances. I was/am in the same case as you and was blazing probably more and larger amounts than you and had almost no dream recall even though I had almost mastered lucid dreaming.

Now that I've cut back drastically recently (almost cold turkey although I ended up giving in last night just 1 time and ended up just having a flash of a dream which is VERY VERY rare for me) my dream recall is through the roof again otherwise.

Although you can still have occasional strong ones by doing this in the big picture it is just ruining your recall. It's some of the small things like this that made me wanna quit (and the demotivational thing I stopped wanting to do my work/uni stuff 24/7 and just mess around) but are never brought up in studies. Plus you start to get annoying cravings and stuff if you were a heavy heavy user. Supposedly just "psychological withdrawal" although I'd argue that those studies haven't target extreme cases well. Regardless, alot of things like that are hassles that aren't mentioned when you start.

I have walked the same path as you, smoking for the last 3 years. I too initially had planned to just cut back on it.

Well I did and continued to cough up black tar/resin, it was obvious my lungs weren't keeping up, it was delaying my Dream progression, slowing down the speed of my thought, and overall keeping me from being 100% in my health - mind - body - soul.

The first day I was clean, I remembered having vivid dreams like I had years ago, but I could only remember bits and pieces. Now, 4 days clean, I have had 5 or 6 intense, vivid, semi-lucid dreams every night since, upon waking from them I can remember them in full length(if I choose to), or I can just fall back asleep and slip into a new dream.

I have forgotten what this is like, and I will not go back, I love the world within too much. It is my personal decision and I do not expect you to do the same. If you cannot fully give it up and you want to seriously cut back and dream again, at least knock it down to smoking Friday and Saturday(aka the weekends).

The 5 days in between will allow you to expierence vivid dreams and you will get your recall back. There is a choice to make, and it is yours and yours only.

I can only remember a picture

What time are you going to bed and waking up? I THINK I noticed I have more vivid dreams (or maybe can just recall better) if i don't go to bed late and wake up earlier. Maybe it's because I'm not dead tired?

When you wake just lay there with your eyes closed and go through a list of names/activities in your head. This works for me, you should get a feeling or a picture inside your head of that person or something you were doing. Then back track, think of how you got there.

I agree with shotbirds; the time you go to bed and wake up. My dream recall sucks during school days because I'm often up until midnight doing homework and talking to my friends, then wake up at 5:45 AM. However, on the weekends, recall is like, "wheeee =D". ^__^

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Originally Posted by shotbirds

What time are you going to bed and waking up? I THINK I noticed I have more vivid dreams (or maybe can just recall better) if i don't go to bed late and wake up earlier. Maybe it's because I'm not dead tired?

When you wake just lay there with your eyes closed and go through a list of names/activities in your head. This works for me, you should get a feeling or a picture inside your head of that person or something you were doing. Then back track, think of how you got there.

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Originally Posted by thedreamingwolfess

I agree with shotbirds; the time you go to bed and wake up. My dream recall sucks during school days because I'm often up until midnight doing homework and talking to my friends, then wake up at 5:45 AM. However, on the weekends, recall is like, "wheeee =D". ^__^

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Did you guys not read???? He smokes pot multiple times a day, trust me, its the weed

But you guys aren't realizing my recall was good if not great and now, when I'm smoking slightly less ganja my recall is going. Is it possible that I'm just in a period of not being able to remeber them?

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Originally Posted by Hitoshura

But you guys aren't realizing my recall was good if not great and now, when I'm smoking slightly less ganja my recall is going. Is it possible that I'm just in a period of not being able to remeber them?

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You're right I didn't see that, but regardless, I guarantee if you cut back on smoking the weekends only you will have absolutely no problems at all, and you're dreams will be more vivid. I've quit cold turkey twice, and both times now within days of being clean I dream/recall like NEVER before. It's a fact, this is what pumping yourself with chemicals does - it changes your chemical composition. Your brain processes are slowed in this area :roll:, if you don't trust my word talk to the member SKA on here, SKA's is the lab rat of experimenting with toking/LD'ing :D , he knocked it down to smoking only on the weekends and was very pleased

i smoke alot and i cant say it has ever effected my recall. just keep at it. if you can remember at least 2 then your good.