Thread: What dream feature do you find hardest to recall?

Originally Posted by John11

Events/feelings are the easiest to remember for me as I think is the case for most people.

I can recall places very well. They may be distorted versions of the places, but I know where they were supposed to me.

People I can recall decently. Either I'll recall the people specifically or they will be a member of a group of people I know (high school friends, college friends, family, etc).

With dialogue/things I've read/songs I've heard I'll usually only recall what it was about in general, but not the specifics.

The dream feature I find hardest to recall is dream transitions. Sometimes after I wake up I'll notice that I transitioned from one part of the dream to another by maybe looking at a picture and then there is a narrator talking about the picture, and then I'm in the situation that the narrator was describing, but most of the time I just treat those situations at separate dreams because I can't recall the transition.

This happens to almost everyone. The new place makes sense in the story line, (ex: You go from your car to your house) but there are blanks in actually getting there. (ex: Pulling up in the driveway and opening the door) I believe it's probably seperate, yet related dreams. You have one dream about the car ride to your house, and a dream where you're actually in your house, so there IS no transition...

I generally remember anything visual very well, except for forgetting exactly who the occasional person is. But anything audio, like sound and dialogue, I find very hard to remember. The couple times I remember what people say is when it's either right before I wake up, or in a lucid and I repeat it over and over in the lucid, then also when I wake up. I can't remember when anyone says something funny!

People and dialogue.

With people, it's more that I remember the idea of someone being there. Unless those people have some profound affect on me (like if they are a close friend of mine, or a love interest), their faces are pretty much a blur by the time I wake up.

The same with dialogue. I can usually remember the gist of a conversation or statement, but unless it just really stands out, I can't remember what I feel is exactly what was said.

I usually remember environments and events pretty vividly, though, especially if they are exciting and/or wondrous.

I also have trouble remembering specific people or dialogue. However, I always know what group of people a DC represents, and what the dialogue was about. For instance, last night, I had a fight with my wife (I am not married) over working with attractive women. I don't remember a single line of dialogue, or my wife's face.

I also seem to 'cut' to different parts of dreams.

By the way, first post, learned about lucid dreaming yesterday, tried to work on dream recall w/mantras, and remembered 4 dreams last night. I only remember three dreams other than those.

Great site, glad to be a part of it.

I usually have trouble with dialogue, and putting events into specific order.

I usually get the feeling that I had a conversation, but I can't recall the exact words or sound of their voices. I might even start to use this as a dream sign.

Originally Posted by Elucive

putting events into specific order.

This too. often, i know that a series of scenes not obviously related are part of one dream, but can't put them in order. weird.

People; there LOOKS

I rarely remember what someone's face looks like. I will rarely if I know them pretty well, and I look at them in the scene. I'll NEVER remember that much, if at all, of the fake dream people. Even if I was talking to them... heck... I can even remember what they look like in lucids. Probably because I usually don't look at their faces, but still. I'll never hear any dream character's names, so that doesn't apply

I always tend to remember numbers in my dream really well. If I looked at a clock, my watch for an RC (which I wear all of the time, so I would have to think that I am wearing it in a lucid), or some character says a number (which, has happened before). Is there a name for that?