How to Really Remember Dreams
Everyone dreams every night during sleep, however, they may not remember them because their connection to their subconscious is not strong. Intense or emotional dreams, such as nightmares, are remembered more vividly because people think over and over about them, making them important. Learn how to remember all of your dreams, not just the scary or wild ones!
Things You'll Need:
notepad and pen by your bed
a full night's sleep
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First off, your everyday life is lived in your conscious state of mind. Your dreams occur in your sleep, which is in your subconscious state of mind. The better these two states are in tune with each other, the more they can communicate.
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How do the two get more in tune with each other? First off, identify your subconscious. It is your deeper level of thinking and feeling, realize the parts of your life that you don't pay attention to. A good exercise is this:
1. As you read this, how are you feeling in general?
2. Think about your breathing. Recognize the rhythm of your breathing and how your body moves with it.
3. If you're sitting in a chair, is it comfortable? Realize your weight on it, or how much it's pushing against you.
4. Recognize the rhythm of your blinking.
5. Is your mouth dry?
6. Where are your feet, are they cold or warm? Be aware of your socks on them.
7. Continue to realize your pants, your underwear, your shirt.
8. Continue to think about your breathing and heartbeat.
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By doing this, you have put your subconscious activity (breathing, blinking...) into your conscious mind (what you do think about). This tells your mind that these things are important and that you're paying attention to them. Remember that dreams happen during your subconscious mind, so this tells your mind that they are important.
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You are more likely, as you may have noticed in life, that you remember your dreams better right after you wake up. When you wake up, you are coming out of your subconscious state into your conscious state. Here is when the connection is strong, have a notepad ready by your bed and jot down key words from your dream.
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After you jot down the images and keywords, you may write it out as a story.
Then later in the day, read through the dream--this part is important as it also connects the conscious and subconscious!
Tips & Warnings
If you value remembering your dreams, your mind will remember them just like it remembers other important things like: a girl/boyfriend's birthday, Friday's paycheck, or waking up for work.
A full night's sleep produces more dreams
http://www.ehow.com/how_4434392_really-remember-dreams.html
Everyone dreams every night during sleep, however, they may not remember them because their connection to their subconscious is not strong. Intense or emotional dreams, such as nightmares, are remembered more vividly because people think over and over about them, making them important. Learn how to remember all of your dreams, not just the scary or wild ones!
Things You'll Need:
notepad and pen by your bed
a full night's sleep
1
First off, your everyday life is lived in your conscious state of mind. Your dreams occur in your sleep, which is in your subconscious state of mind. The better these two states are in tune with each other, the more they can communicate.
2
How do the two get more in tune with each other? First off, identify your subconscious. It is your deeper level of thinking and feeling, realize the parts of your life that you don't pay attention to. A good exercise is this:
1. As you read this, how are you feeling in general?
2. Think about your breathing. Recognize the rhythm of your breathing and how your body moves with it.
3. If you're sitting in a chair, is it comfortable? Realize your weight on it, or how much it's pushing against you.
4. Recognize the rhythm of your blinking.
5. Is your mouth dry?
6. Where are your feet, are they cold or warm? Be aware of your socks on them.
7. Continue to realize your pants, your underwear, your shirt.
8. Continue to think about your breathing and heartbeat.
3
By doing this, you have put your subconscious activity (breathing, blinking...) into your conscious mind (what you do think about). This tells your mind that these things are important and that you're paying attention to them. Remember that dreams happen during your subconscious mind, so this tells your mind that they are important.
4
You are more likely, as you may have noticed in life, that you remember your dreams better right after you wake up. When you wake up, you are coming out of your subconscious state into your conscious state. Here is when the connection is strong, have a notepad ready by your bed and jot down key words from your dream.
5
After you jot down the images and keywords, you may write it out as a story.
Then later in the day, read through the dream--this part is important as it also connects the conscious and subconscious!
Tips & Warnings
If you value remembering your dreams, your mind will remember them just like it remembers other important things like: a girl/boyfriend's birthday, Friday's paycheck, or waking up for work.
A full night's sleep produces more dreams
http://www.ehow.com/how_4434392_really-remember-dreams.html
