Taking Dream Notes Method

**splice** · 06-27-2012 01:50 AM

I have started taking dream notes in the night, and early morning when I awake. I keep a small note pad beside me, and I write only outline notes of my dreams, like taking notes in a class. Then when I wake up in the morning, the notes stimulate my recall, and I write my dreams out in more detail in my dreamjournal book. This method has served me well, so I thought I would share it. And by taking short dream notes I find it easy to fall back asleep, as opposed to staying awake for 5-10mins while writing out every detail.

**Burke** · 06-27-2012 02:00 AM

That's what I do unless I don't want to go back to sleep. If that happens then I'll just go straight to a full detail explanation, or if I have a lucid and don't DEILD.

**melanieb** · 07-03-2012 03:59 AM

Moved to Dream Signs and Recall

Welcome to the forum, splice!

This method really works! You will see this used by many people on the forum.

**littlezoe** · 07-03-2012 12:04 PM

I sometimes do it when i'm not too tired, or when i had a really interesting dream that i surely want to remember when i finally wake up.

But i do it on my phone, not a notepad.

**mdspencer68** · 07-03-2012 07:19 PM

I often do this too, especially when I have so much detail to write. Trying to get it all down before going back to bed sometimes cause my writing hand to cramp up.

**LSDgarfield** · 07-03-2012 08:01 PM

Welcome to the forum!

**splice** · 07-08-2012 06:16 AM

I had a WILD the other night because I took notes from 3 different dreams when I awoke at 4:00 in the morning. I couldn't fall back asleep for a while, and it induced my WILD. I was just lying in my bed like captain vegtable and then it hit me, SP and that was that. I guess it's a benefit to write too much in the middle of the night sometimes.