Just found out about ld’s 2 days ago. Started dream journal today. Any advice? Im 15 and can remember dreams alright.
When you wake up first thing in the morning, don’t even move, or open your eyes. The more you move or think about other things, or “wake up”, the harder it will be to remember, so this helps. Try to recall what your dreams were about. Once you can remember all that you can, write it down in your journal. It helps if you keep it beside your bed, then you can get to it right away. Even if the dream is really clear when you first wake up, it can slip away, so it’s best to write it down as soon as you can. The more you write down your dreams, the better you will be at remembering them, and the more dreams you will remember.
Think about lucid dreams and dreaming all the time, throughout the day. Try to be aware of your surroundings and ask “Am I dreaming?” If you make it a habit, eventually you will find yourself doing it in your dreams. Read everything you can about lucid dreaming, there are a lot of information out there.
A good reference is this forum, of course, just read everything you can. Also this site: home.no/lucid/link.htm (I can’t remember who linked to it originally) has useful info, and the book “Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming” by Stephen Laberge comes highly recommended.
EDIT- oh, you said you CAN remember your dreams alright. Still, a dream journal is a very good thing. If I had the time anymore, I’d still keep one.
Hey I have a problem. Before I started ld attempts I could usually remember 1 dream a night 5 days a week. The past two nights I’ve tried your dream recall techniques and not a single dream! I don’t know whats wrong any suggestions?
Make sure you’re getting enough sleep. Also get in the habbit of thinking about what you were dreaming first thing when you wake up, unless you’re already doing so. Read over your dreams and try and remember them just before falling asleep.
I’ve started to remember dreams! When I am not artificially awoken ( by an alarm clock or siblings) I can remember them! If i am woken i cant. Is there any technique to make dream recall if your woken up artificially. Also yesterday I wrote 2 1/2 on one dream.