Hi Naiya,
I noticed that the sleep recall is cyclical itself. It does not stay consistent, but also changes over time. On some days I recall more dreams than on others, and on some days I sleep really deeply. The recall, and the desire to recall dreams upon awakening has improved, now there's a clear motivation to do so. I have about 80 dream journal entries over the past 20 days, while without such experiment I would've recalled and recorded less.
The depth of dream recall is also improving, as I notice that some of the dreams that I recall are fragments, or series of episodes, while some are really deep and immersive. Without an electronic dream journal, such analysis would've been difficult, as my handwriting is terrible at night, in the darkness.
With a journal like this, I know exactly how many lucids I had in the past week, which is improving, but is not quite at a level where it should be. I'm also measuring dreams on their clarity and control.
I'm also noticing weird patterns and artifacts, for example today from 6:38 until 7:56, in about 1 sleep cycle, I woke up 6 times to report dreams. The shortest sequence of wake up - write- fall asleep - dream - wake up - write took only 10 minutes. By analyzing the motion pattern of such events, I hope to get a better understanding of what REM looks like in terms of my motion. This also brings the total number of dreams recalled in a single night to 10, the most I've had in a very long time.
It is indeed a bit early for in-depth analysis, as I've only started taking this task seriously with the start of this thread, about a week ago.
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