Remember Your Dreams
Tips to enhance your dream recall.
Just before you go to sleep, remind yourself to remember your dreams. Keeping a dream journal and pen next to your bed will help reinforce this intention. Write down anything you remember about each dream, even the smallest detail. Paying attention to your dreams can help you remember more dreams in the future.
Free-form writing to explore thoughts and feelings, starting with those portrayed in the dream The purpose of this exercise is to explore your thoughts and feelings, and give them a space to be seen and heard.
Sit down with pen and paper. If you wrote down your dream, read through it to refresh your memory. Then close your eyes and replay your dream in your mind from beginning to end, just as you remember it. Open your eyes and start writing everything that comes to mind. If nothing comes to mind, write "nothing is coming to mind" and keep writing. If you really get stuck, ask yourself questions to get going again (such as "if I had something to say about this dream, it would be ..." or "When I think about this dream, I feel..." or "What makes me most curious about this dream is..." Don't worry whether your writing is readable or the spelling is correct - no one will ever read this, including you.
Try to write several pages. Keep writing until you have a definite feeling that there is nothing left to be said - usually at least 20 minutes. When you are finished, tear up or shred the pages to let your subconscious know you are releasing everything you wrote. Do not go back an re-read any part of it. (If you have important realizations that you want to remember, write them on a separate paper to keep.) You can repeat this exercise as often as you like, on any or all topics in your life to help you clear out the mental "cobwebs," feel better, and think more clearly.
