Problems recalling dreams, they faded too fast

I had a strange experience last night, every time i woke up i had a dream remembered perfectly in my mind. As soon as i reached down to pick up my DJ it went, and i couldnt remember anything at all, not even an incling of what went on :cry: . Its never happened like that before. Usually i remember for the entire day without writing them down, so that if i have to get up fast to get somewhere im ok.

Does anyone have any advice on how to aviod things like this?

Before jumping up really quickly to write it down, go through it a few times in your mind. Like from start to finish, then gently write it down, but keep going through it. It’s partically because that when you wake up, you’re in a sorta half asleep, half awake state. When you get up, you become fully awake and the dream slips away.

And do not become desperate-saying NUUUUU!!! over and over in your mind isn’t going to help.

I feel that it helps to write small notes about the dream in a pocket sized notebook and look at it at regular intervals in the day and usually I can remember more about the dream than I did in the morning.