Does anyone else ONLY remember dreams when they set an intention before they fall asleep? For the last week Ive been concentrating on astral projecting vs lucid dreaming so I stopped saying a mantra before I went to sleep. This caused me to remember absolutely nothing about my dreams. Yesterday however, I said a mantra in my head before I went to sleep (only said it for about 1 min) and I remembered 2 pretty detailed dreams this morning. Is anyone else like this?
yes the same thing happens to me
I hate it!
I don’t remember dreams ONLY after I set an intention… but whenever I repeat these kind of mantras before falling asleep, I usually have a better dream recall.
Yep, the power of intention is not to be underestimated 
I never say a montra before I go to bed. I try to shut off my internal dialog and become aware of when I fall asleep. I just intend to remember my dreams and I do. I espshaly remember them when I lay in bed and think about them with out moveing.
For a couple nights last week all I wanted to do was just sleep. Remembering dreams came second. So I skipped the mantra and just zoned out. I did indeed get some pretty good sleep but my recall was 0.
I generally don’t bother telling myself each night that I intend to remember dreams. As long as I get more than a couple hours of sleep, I’m pretty much certain to remember something. If I wake up once or twice towards the end of the night, that’s even better.
Or perhaps I’m so used to telling myself to remember dreams that I don’t notice myself doing it. 