DREAM RECAL:works EVERY time.

[hootman]

I don't know if its like this for everyone but when i wake up i just can't seem to remember my dreams. i get my sub-consious working on remembering it, and when someone says a key word or just a word that happend in my dream, (EX: I dreaming about swimming and someone talks about water or a swim team) i remember my dream instantly! So i made a file on my computar of a list of a page of singal words that were the most random i could think about. i read them when i wake up and when one of the words match up to what happend in my dream, then i remember them! I remember 4-8 dreams every day!

[CrimsonWolf]

Yup, a good idea. I run over an imaginary checklist in my head when I wake up for the same effect.

[S4ndm4n]

If I can just remember the last place I was before I wake up, I can pretty much remember the full dream. For example if the last place I can remember being was on a beach, I would just go backwards from there like "How did I get there?" and so on and so on

[Clairity]

So i made a file on my computar of a list of a page of singal words that were the most random i could think about. i read them when i wake up and when one of the words match up to what happend in my dream, then i remember them! I remember 4-8 dreams every day! That's an approach I'd never heard of before.. thanks for sharing!

[ninja9578]

Triggered recall, it's a fun thing. Another way to bring back dreams is to lay perfectly still and close your eyes immediately after waking up. It'll kick your dream memory back on and you'll get it back in even greater detail than your method.

[pj]

It seems like it would be really useful to go through my dream journal and just pick out a bunch of key words to make a list like yours. That would be extremely targeted, plus it would help me keep dreamsigns in mind. I like this. Thank you!

[Lunalight]

That is a fantastic idea. I am so doing that now, especially since I can look in my DJ and find common themes and keywords.

[Falsn]

Thats interesting. I probably should do that sometime soon.

[Barns]

Hmmn. Good idea there.

[adraw]

More investigation required, but this seems to be really promissing. Hey people. Tell your results with this approach. Thic could become an interesting topic.

[Abra]

"Ah! Shrimp-flavored ramen! I remember now!" Seriously. Some strange items can act as recall triggers! I'd start out by listing stuff you've seen or done recently (say, an appealing commercial you saw).

[SevenAdelies]

Wow! I am going to make one of those lists right now. That really is a great idea, nice thinking!

[Desert Claw]

maybe I could take a copy of that list from you! well its a pretty good idea

[Dreams Rock]

Sounds like a great idea! Problem is, do you remember the whole entire dream? It seems like with this method you only remember a few fragments of it that were triggered by the word.

[WaterSquirrel]

i should try this. I only remember about a dream a week right now...

[RockNRoller123]

similar situation, except I made a thread and told it more detailed. Isn't it trippy?

[jsrnash12]

Wana post the list you use, ill give it a go. Couldnt hurt

[mez]

this is definately a good idea. I will try it and let you know the results. Current recall averages at 3 dreams per night. The best i've ever had is 9. Something I do when Im recalling dreams and I blank I just say to myself "I am remembering now" and it always works.

[Barefooted Student]

I believe the list has to be personal, customized to your personal keywords. I for one intend on trying this technique, its like a brain database, you search a keyword and receive the dream. I like it, good work.

[27]

I think I'm going to try this now that my recall is up. Thanks for the idea!

[yelizaveta]

This sounds really interesting, and the keyword triggered remembrance works by chance for me a lot. For example i remembered a dream about a pickle-jars-filled-with-beer-and-pickles food fight after someone mentioned pickles later that morning.

[aceboy]

i happens to me so much, a key word triggers a dream one time it triggered a lucid i had(i was sooo mad at myself for forgetting it) just think i could be losing LD's to bad recall GRAAAAH it drives me insane. maybe I could take a copy of that list from you! well its a pretty good idea yea i copy of the list would be great!

[Alexio]

This sounds like a nifty idea... I will definitely try this.

[Comoquiendice]

I like that you brought up the possiblity of things "seen." For some reason, In my dreams I'm very visual--i pay great attention to detail. Whenever I forget a dream, it is usually something i see that can bring it back to me--i transfer this approach to my dream journal by describing sometimes in painstaking detail, the last object or scene or creature i remember seeing--and then all of it comes back and helps my dream recall ten fold. It has helped in building my ability to recall and to retain many details. Just wanted to throw it out there in case it helps someone else. = )

[Noobody]

Nice idea. I think, that for my case, pictures are more likely to trigger then words. but i will definatly make a word list