Thread: my dream recall is absolutely horrid

Hey all. I've been reading some of these threads where people are talking about how they have bad dream recall because they're "only" remembering 1-2 dreams per night. I started almost a week ago and I've only been able to remember ONE dream. I'm really not sure why this is, but after reading some threads I'm starting to think it's because I smoke so much weed. I smoke multiple times a day and I almost always go to bed high and I'm beginning to suspect this is hurting my dream recall ability. Either that or I just suck at dream recall. I don't think I should be having this much trouble with dream recall since I clearly remember periods in my life where I'd dream multiple times a day. Either way, I'm going to continue practicing all this stuff and reading about it every night and I'll give it every night for a couple of months. Out of curiosity though, has anyone else with recall this bad (one out of six days) actually managed to get to the stage where they can LD/have good recall? Seems like everyone starts off and immediately has multiple dream recalls per night. Any other tips would be appreciated as well.

I think it´s definitely the cannabis that causes it. As I understand it, you dream less from smoking weed. I don´t know if the THC suppresses your REM-sleep or if it just makes the dream recall very hard. Take a break from the weed for a month and see if it gets better, then you´ll know if it´s the weeds fault. I would choose lucid dreaming over cannabis any time.

Yeah you're right, it must be the weed because in the past I used to dream more than now... I've been smoking weed all year and I haven't been dreaming for sh1t! Luckily I'll be on summer break back home soon and I won't be here in Austin for a couple months so it'll be easier to quit. And from the sounds of it, i'd take lucid dreaming over weed too .

I have to agree with lucidblogger. Also, I had pretty bad recall myself. I could only remember one dream every month or so in some cases. Since I started writing in my DJ(not everyday though), I think my recall has improved. I have ~23 dreams or so over a period of 2 month or so, so, I've improved, but, it's sometimes a dream every other night

Weed is bad. DON'T SMOKE IT! Lol
I smoke it everyday and i still get lucid dreams!

I smoke multiple times a day, every day, and go to bed high almost every night and I have perfectly fine dream recall. All you have to do is set your alarm in 2 hour increments throughout the night and wake up and immediately write down your dreams. If you are sleeping all night and trying to remember all your dreams in the morning, then you might as well forget it. People who can do that are rare or practice way too hard. Just set your alarm for 2 hours after you think you will fall asleep, wake up, write down your dream, go back to sleep and repeat. I guarantee 2-5 dreams a night! (Plus, you don't have to cut back on the weed!)

That´s cool, I thought you didn´t dream at all after smoking cannabis. That´s the main reason I don´t smoke. Maybe I have to rethink my choice.