A while ago scientist believed that dreams only occur in REM periods, but that isn´t right.
Right is that more dreams occur in REM, and that those ones are usually longer/more vivid.It should be harder to get lucid in non-REM
Traumgänger
oh so thats why people can do WILD without WBTB… thanks!
Since waking up during REM helps remembering dreams, I would figure preferably towards the END of the cycles… can someone clear up for me… do REM periods BEGIN every 90 mins, i.e.: 1.5 hrs (past bedtime), 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, or do those times hit in the middle or end of the period somehow? would it be better to add on 15-20 mins after those times to allow for some dreaming? (of course this would also depend on calculating time of falling asleep just right)… arg! im confused… i realize this probably varies from person to person too, but does anyone have a good idea of how it works, what is typical?
Peace,
Sruthan
Infection0…science has proven that we also dream in non rem sleep 
But almost noboy remembers those…they are harder to remember!
Jeff
Hmmm… I rarely remember my dreams. Can keeping a dream diary improve my dream recall even if I don’t have anything to write down?
How would u use your dream diary then if you dont write or typ?
Jeff
Raba, i think it can since the fact alone that you keep a yournal works positive on dream recall, since you will be probably more motivated to remember your dreams. And sometimes you just dont remember anything, but that happens to the best … (on weed probably… hehe)
The key to good dream recall is just a Wal-mart away: a mini-casette recorder. No more disturbing the spouse, turning on lights, fumbling for a pencil while the dream rapidly disintegrates from all that moving around.
This worked great for me. Practice getting it and turning it on with your eyes closed – it’s easy. Set the intent that you are going to have some amazing recall now, then tell yourself, “hey, I just spent 50 bucks here, I’d better LD!” 
You can program a dream about whatever you want, and get good recall about it, by using the, uh, let’s call it the “EBA Now” formula: Expect, Believe, Accept, stating your intention like it’s happening right now. Chant it like a mantra as you fall asleep. Example: “I expect I’m LDing about that babe at work, I believe I’m LDing…, I accept I’m LDing…”
mamalama (great name!), I use a mini-cassette recorder too. It’s the best thing I’ve found for taking notes without having to fully wake up. Although, it’s often scary to hear the way I sound at 2:50am! 
I’m keeping a dream journal - just a spiral notebook. Then I copy the entries in a more readable form on Word.
I’d like to ask - is it possible that we go lucid and then FORGET about it completely? I was wondering…
clarkkent, given the number or regular dreams we forget, i guess it’s possible to forget a LD too. I think you’re just more likely to remember LDs since you’re more conscious.
Well i would say it is possible but also rare!
Jeff
what are you talkign abotu “rare”? Once I went lucid and someone in the dream asked me to do something (forgot what it was) and then I actually went and helped them. That’s the thing I most dread from LDs. Distractions! Well, that and the dream always fading.
I think it’s easy to forget you’re lucid IN the dream but it’s rare to forget one once you wake up, though I would think it could happen.
Does anyone know why my avatar doesn’t show up in this forum? I have the coolest one on SeaLife that I’d like to also use here…
mamalama, it is possible, but very rare.
Anyways, please refer to the avatar discussion in the Helpdesk section ok? I’m sure they have a lot of information written already for you to set your avatar up. Enjoy!
I think i’m very mnemonic i don’y use alarm clock, since i can just tell myself to wake up at X hr, and i usually do, if i REALY need to get up at a specific time for an appontment, i usually set the alarm on, but i always wake up before it goes of…wide awake.
So if i wan’t to remember my dreams i just tell myself to remember them, and i usually do, but ahain it depends on how much you realy want it.
usually i remember 1, max 2 dreams in 1 month or something, but when i started dream diary 3 nights ago, i remembered 3! but the 3rd one i just remember i was in a shower room or something.
next night i could remember 2. tonight i couln’t remember any! but i slept at my brothers place, and some idiot played music loud, so i couldn’t focus…but if i sleep at home, my cat comes and disturbs me instead!! whaa!! but im crazy about dreaming now, even done 2 assignments about it, and read about it online as much as i can, so if this isn’t Mnemonic enough…im gonna puke! 
I’m reading a lot too. I’m also eating stuff I normally wouldn’t such as bananas… because of the B6, B12, etc, besides taking a daily B complex vitamin tablet.
I’m having troubles remembering my dreams. Even small fragments of dreams are almost rare for me. It seems I gotta work my way up to be even considered a newbie 
. I already keep a dream diary and try to write down what I remember but it’s barely much. I also repeat to myself before I go to sleep that I will remember my dreams which I can’t really tell if it helps or not but I guess it does. I’ve been working at this for around a week and I know I shouldn’t expect results right away but I thought I would at least remember fragments and pieces of my dreams. I’m hoping to remember at least one dream per night before I even consider LD. Does anyone have any tips to increase my dream recall? 
Good morning! (afternoon?)
I was looking for the best spot to post this, and I’m guessing this is it!
k, here’s my story (question)
I had a lot of LD’s as a kid. I remember very clearly being able to change the way my dreams went… like, I would have a dream, not like the outcome, and sort of rewind it, and dream it again the way I wanted it to go! I could introduce new characters at will, and so on. somewhere along the line I stopped LD-ing, not intentionally, I guess I just forgot to do it, or something, but I have always had exelent DR (dream recal - I didn’t see an acronym for that, I could be wrong) I could remember 2, 3 dreams a night, untill a few weeks ago. Actually, during the last two months, I was having LD’s like crazy, then for about a week, I would have one every time I went to sleep. Then, I talked to a friend about it, and I started looking it up on the internet, and ever since that night, no LD’s, and no dream recal. 
I guess I should note that 90% of my LD’s are basically the same, as soon as I realize that I’m dreaming, either I wake up (which I know is common) or when I realize that I’m dreaming, I know exactly where I want to go, I go there, and then sometimes lose my lucidity. (I go and talk with someone I haven’t spoken to in a long time, I’m guessing it’s a reflection of what I most desire in RL)
So anyway, it feels like the harder I try, the less I can remember. I’ve tried not thinking about it, and just letting it come, but still nothing.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
~qriosity~
You could try some peppermint tea before you sleep, or some vitamin B complex. Read the threads in shortcuts about these.