Thread: Help recalling dreams

At the moment I can never recall any dreams (i am ubernoob)
has anybody got any tips which helped them get started recalling dreams/lucid dreaming.

thanks
~RikedyP

First of all, read the forum!

Also setting your alarmclock in the middle of the night, get enough sleep, keep a note beside your bed, tell yourself you will remember your dream, take relax exercises, even write down the smallest dream/ thought. Stop smoking and drinking before going to bed and no caffeine anymore.

I know for sure you going to remember some dreams when you do this.

Good luck

Originally Posted by White horse

no caffeine anymore.
Good luck

Well, I'd say no caffeine before bed. Completely cutting it out is too far. I drink caffeine regularly and have a brilliant dream recall.

Try this, when you wake up do not get up. Lay there still eyes closed for 20 seconds and think what did I dream about. It usually works for me and i had the same problems. BTW after i quit smoking weed i could remember 2 or 3 dreams every night so if you are try stopping for a bit.
Just keep at it.

I usually walk through my dreams when I wake up (in my mind) step by step through every event I can remember. If you can't pull up events or know there are gaps, try to retain feelings from those segments, or from the overall dream, and then slowly look through the dream again. If you hold that feeling in place (don't move or open your eyes when you wake up, some shifting in bed to be more comfortable is okay.) then you should find even small segments coming to you easily.

At first it might just be bits, but over time you should be able to remember long segments, or even several dreams.

(Note: I drink a LOT of caffeine and I have no problems with recall or lucidity.)

Might I suggest meditation and autosuggestion? If you meditate for 10 mins before bed, many good things will come. And as for autosuggestion, create a mantra, such as, "In the morning I will remember my dreams and write them down." Recall is a big step on the path to lucidity!