Sleep Pattern affecting Dreams

The last dream I really remember is the one in my DJ. I understand that we always have dreams and only remember some but I seem to have them rarely. I don't mind lucid dreaming at the moment, I just want to sort out average dreaming, because I love interpreting and writing about them.

It's the summer holidays here in New Zealand. And I love to stay up late :P (as a matter of fact at the time of writing this sentence it is 2:01am) Unfortunately the sleep I'm getting is messed up, usually brought on by overtiredness and not natural tiredness where you can relax nicely.

I can change if needed I just need to know if a good sleep pattern will help my dream ability, vividness or even lucidness (which I doubt). Thanks for any help on the subject.

Keeping a general sleep pattern is definitely a good idea.
I seem to remember my dreams only if i get more than 6hrs of sleep, and remember them a lot better if I get extra sleep.
Just remember to, when you wake up, lay completely still and just think of the last thing you can remember. Lead on from that, try to remember what was happening, any emotions you were feeling, why you were feeling those emotions, etc.

On lucid dreaming, WBTB (waking up in the middle of the night, thinking about lucid dreaming, then going back to bed) is a great way to increase your chances of a DILD. This requires a decent amount of sleep as well, the more sleep you get, the higher your chances will be to have one. Train your regular dream recall first, as even if you have a lucid dream you may not remember it.

Try reading through the first couple of posts here. I've set it so the more popular ones are first. Try a method one night, and if that's not working, move on to the next, etc etc, until you find one that works for you.

Hope that helps!

*edit: although not required, keeping a dream journal next to your bed and writing in it after you recall it in your head is definitely recommended. Plus, reading through it before bed usually helps me remember my dreams, and reading through my lucids tends to help me become lucid as well.

yeah, good sleep pattern will definitely help you. Check out my research on this topic here: http://www.dreamviews.com/f32/sleep-...search-125737/ I improved my recall, and most of all improved the amount of detail that I'm recalling in just a couple weeks.

Well weirdly, I don't need good sleeping pattern to recall my dream. But the method suggested by others is definitely a healthy way.

I've a period of time with no dreams. Or probably I was unable to recall them. But last year something major was bugging me, I was trying really hard to forget a person. As a result of that, I gained a "present" from it. The more I want to forget that person, the more I dreamt about that person, probably consecutively for the whole week too. It's clear that person meant a lot to me so it was easy for me to remember those dreams.

Ever since then, I was bugged by my own dreams. One thing I'm dreaming about a person whom I want to forget, secondly I felt my sleep was very disturbed because I could remember the details too well and it made me felt that I was too active during my sleep. After months I finally managed to put the feelings I had for that person down and my sleep was back to normal again, but after that event I realised I have dreams every night and I'm able to remember them too but only partially. ;)


In fact, the amount of sleep I have doesn't determine my dreams. My problems determined my dreams. Even if I slept for a while I would have dreams too unless I'm sleeping in an awkward position, for example an office chair with wheels that's rolling away whenever I'm sitting too comfortably.