Is there any way that I can keep better record of my dreams?

Question

I dream just about every night, but VERY rarely do I remember what was going on through my head. Is there anything I can do to remember them come morning?

Answer 1

In addition to many good advices given here I would like to suggest you practise day-dreaming and meditation and upon awakening try to recall the messages received. The books on lucid dreaming also have many good suggestions. Good luck.

Answer 2

I heard a sleep researcher speak on dreams a few years ago, and I remember him saying that if you want to remember more of your dreams you should drink a couple glasses of water before bed. A full bladder will, in theory, disturb your sleep and wake you in the night, and you'll then have a good chance to remember what you were just dreaming. But beware -- these memories can fade quickly, and if you want a record you should keep a notebook by the side of your bed and make notes. Just the act of writing something you've dreamed down will engage left and right hemispheres and make it more likely you'll remember whether you look at the notes or not.

Dreams “exist” on one side of your brain (the right). Remembering them and talking about them requires using the other side (the left). One of the consequences is that dreams are sometimes hard to remember, as both sides of your brain struggle to synch up and make sense out of the stream of emotions, images, and etc. that make up your dream. When you do get your dream into words - spoken, thought, or written - you've managed to retrieve the dream from one side of the brain and process it into words in the other, using both, and increasing your chance of remembering the dream.

So my advice is to drink a couple of glasses of water, and to take notes on what you were just dreaming when you wake in the night. Using a voice recorder is also fine - anything that caused you to get it into words.

Answer 3

Just before going to bed have a cup of something to drink and while looking at the cup
recite to yourself I will remember all of my dream in the morning when I wake up and look at this cup! Repeat that many times.. Leave the cup where U are sure to see it when U wake up.. then go straight to bed. When U wake up writing everything down U can remember don't even go to the can before writing things down.. If U really must go to the can then take the cup with you and write down
while you're on the can!

Answer 4

dreams come to you in a period of your sleep, called REM (rapid eye movement), that is very deep. sometimes, if you are not in such a deep sleep, you can remember your dreams. most people dream every night, they simply have no memory of it because the were so soundly asleep.
if you do remember your dreams, keep something next to your bed (tape recorder, pen, laptop) and write down anything you remember as soon as you wake up. the more you wait, the less you remember

Answer 5

Keep a journal beside your bed or a voice activated tape recorder. Have a glass of water when you go to bed, drink half the water prior to you going to sleep. Once you awaken immediately drink the other half and writ / speak everything down immediately as you a progressive rate of information with in 5 mins, of waking. You can do a visualization prior to sleep and ask for assistance from you higher self who is creating the dreams for your waking awareness to heal and to create in the waking world. Look into Carlos Castaneda's book "The Art Of Dreaming". Stay away from using consuming anything cooked in the microwave, processed foods smoking, drugs,caffeine,alcohol etc. Increase your B6 with a Multi B vitamin or take a tsp. spoon of black strap molasses a few hours prior to beddy by time. Have fun!

Answer 6

The moment your eyes begin to open focus on the memory of the dream and keep a pen and pad near your bed and write everything that you remember about the dream ...

Answer 7

Just keep pen or pencil and paper next to your bed. Whenever you wake up and remember anything at all, write it down. The more you do this, the more you will remember, you are training your brain to wake you up after dream sleep. I have use this method, and it works very well. Hope this helps.

Answer 8

Sometimes it helps just to have the intention. Before going to sleep tell yourself that you want to remember your dreams in the morning. Better yet, affirm that you WILL remember them. Then have that paper and pencil waiting by your bed in the morning.

Answer 9

About two years ago my psychology instructor had us record our dreams as an assignment so I used a tape recorder and as soon as I woke up I would record it. They say you have 3 seconds to remember your dream , after that you will forget it.
It worked for me, so you should give it a try.

Answer 10

First, you should ask whether you really want to remember your dreams.Second, in dreams the ego is absent. There is no imperative involved in your remembering.Third it is not necesary that you have to remember in morning. You can remember later,particularly so, if dreams recur. For the time being, you have to be honest to write down rare instance of what you remember. Automatic writing is one way. In case dreams destabilize your life by producing effects you should consult experts.