Remember that Dream?

This article talks about how to better recall your dreams. It offers suggestions on what to do to remember your dreams better  First it says that to really help your dream recall skills you must desire to remember what your dreams were. You must believe that remembering your dreams will benefit you somehow. Second, you should understand that dream recall is like a muscle. If you use it often then, it will become stronger. Also, if you choose not to use it often, it could shrink. This article suggests that you keep a journal at your bedside to record your dreams and other thoughts when you wake. It suggests that should tell yourself what time you wish to wake up without using an alarm as this may help your dream recall. It also says that once you wake up, you should stay still and close your eyes and try to remember anything you can from your dream(s) that night. It could be feelings, a story, or anything but, make sure you write it down or say it into a tape recorder. Over the week try to picture in your mind what you wrote or said in your dream journal as this action may also help you to recall your dreams. To end, this article says that it's important that you not try too hard or be too serious as that could limit you and your recall skills.

Wow. I found this article really interesting. I had no idea that recalling your dreams is like a muscle and that the more you use it, the stronger it becomes. I've actually started trying some of the things that this article suggests and they do work. I haven't written my dreams down but I at least try to tell someone my dream(s) each morning. In the article it mentions to try drinking one or more glasses of water before going to bed but, I'm not sure I'd be willing to try that. It doesn't quite make sense to me to try to get yourself to wake up in the middle of the night just to remember your dreams. I mean I'm all for trying to remember dreams but I'd choose my sleep over recalling dreams. I think I might start keeping a notepad by my bedside just to jot down random thoughts. I think that dreams are, in general, very interesting.
http://www.dreams.ca/recall.htm