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Do you journal about your dreams? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 days ago by vfscanf@discuss.tchncs.de to c/journaling@sh.itjust.works

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I started a few years ago. Sometimes, I had a dream that I wanted to remember and so I started writing it down. I also drew sketches of the places I dreamed about.

In fact, writing about my dreams is how I got into journaling in the first place. It was only a year ago that I decided to also start a "regular" journal.

Do any of you also have a "dream" journal?

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[–] SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I would like to learn to lucid dream as well as to be able to recall more dreams. I understand that writing down dreams in the morning/after waking is best, but I don't have a ton of time in the morning. So I don't get around to keeping a dream journal.

It's about once a week I even have a memory of a dream when I wake up.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dude I felt like I learned how to lucid dream for like 3 dreams and then promptly forgot. Makes me wonder if it's just dreaming about knowing how to lucid dream.

Good luck in any case

[–] vfscanf@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago

The method that works for me is when I wake up and still have some time left, I try to fall asleep again. If you fall asleep, it'll be a light sleep, that's when you're most likely to have a dream.

[–] vfscanf@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago

Most of the time, I'll write it down the evening after, because I don't have time in the morning, either. I can usually recall most of the details, so that is not an issue.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Same and I know I dream because when my alarm goes off it usually interrupts them and I get a feeling I was in the middle of something good but I can't remember what exactly

[–] allo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

It's fun attaching different dreams to different pages and flipping through pages to see what is pulled up. I know some people do that for religious guidance using holy books. :)

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

I do when I can remember the dream. I either will grab my phone and tap down as quickly as being just awoken as I can, or grab my "random brain dump" notebook / paper. Whichever is closest.

I'll get back to it and copy the writing into a specific dream journal on my phone.

I hardly jot down introspection / review of my dreams though.

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 1 points 6 days ago

I will write down certain noticeable dreams in my journal but I don't have a dedicated dream journal. More often I'll write my impressions after a dream, what I think about it.