主题:Do You Remember Lucid Dreams As Well As You Remember RegulaFor those who can lucid dream, after you wake up is your memory of the dream more, the same, or less detailed than your memories of regular dreams? And does it matter whether the lucid dream was early in the night vs. right before you woke up in the morning?
Right now I don't remember my normal dreams very well. I'm working on that with a dream journal. I'm curious to know if this means that even my lucid dreams will be fuzzed out as much as my normal dreams are.
Most lucid dreams are just like normal ones -- they are hard to remember. In fact, you may end up forgetting about them completely in the morning. This is one of the reasons why you should really train and improve dream recall in order to enjoy LDs.
Personally i find it easier to remember them because its so vivid. As soon as i wake up after a LD its still fresh in my memory as if i did a trip and came back the morning. Whereas when i dream normal dreams i just have flashbacks
If I wake directly from a lucid, it's like being awake in one place then suddenly being (awake) in another place, so recall is typically higher than an average non-lucid (however I have excellent dream recall after several years of working on it, many of my dream memories are indistinguishable from waking memories). If I lose lucidity and continue dreaming, recall of the LD is like a normal non-lucid (which can range from hazy to ultra-vivid). And especially if I wake without recalling, and go back to sleep and enter a new sleep cycle including an NREM period, it's possible to forget the prior LD entirely unless it was particularly amazing.
Most beginners are so excited with getting their first LD that they'll wake from it experience directly and remember it extremely well. But yes it pays to have excellent dream recall (and recall in general of all life experiences)
It really depends. Almost all of my lucid dreams have been vividly recalled once I awoke again, and the same thing has happened with other dreams of mine in which I wasn't lucid. However, at the same time, there were many more "normal" dreams in which I had trouble remembering all of the details from that any lucid dreams. Because of this, I think maybe, in general, lucid dreams are easier to recall than normal dreams.
I remember lucid dreams more than regular ones. Sometimes after an LD ends i wake up and write it down and sometimes I FA and continue on with the sleep cycle, but when i wake up i can remember it clearly
I actually find that they are about as hard to remember as a normal dream. Even if it is a vivid lucid dream, if you don't take your time to record it or at least go through the events in your head it's easy to forget them. There have actually been nights where I woke up without remembering any dreams or just a few normal ones and them randomly remember that I got lucid at some moment, or I have a feeling that I got lucid but I'm not sure.
For me, they are way easier to remember when I have them in the early morning. They seem more vivid, too. So yeah, working on recall is important. If there is a dream you don't feel like writing down for whatever reason, try to at least write key words that will jog your memory when you read them.
I normally remember lucid dreams better than "normal" dreams, tho the difference isn't so strict. I might as well have had normal dreams I remembered better than some of my lucid dreams.
Yes.
I remember a ton of my lucid dreams, and if I don't remember it's not because of the dream recall ability but rather just a forgetful memory.
A lucid dream is a conscious experience in the subconscious state of being. Ergo, the ability to remember a dream is a good indication of whether you are lucid or not.
It's controlling/constructing the dream the tricky part which is very difficult to accomplish. Just take it one step at a time.
Each night you go to bed, constantly remind yourself you are in bed, and if the next thing you do not see is your bedroom, you are dreaming. This will help you becoming lucid because as you are consciously repeating it you are also subconsciously accepting this notion.
I usually remember my lucid dreams better than regular ones. I remember them as if I was actually there, it's not like remembering a fuzzy dream with weird sequences or whatever. The fact that I was fully conscious means I can remember the events of lucid dreams as clearly as I can remember what I ate yesterday and what I experienced at lunch.
I've never had a ld, however when I read your question, I believe it was possible that one of my dreams I remember from tonight actually was lucid.
Whether or not I remember a dream tends to be more based on how much conflict occurs in them - Or how much problem solving I have to do. I'm not sure why that is. Sometimes the only thing I remember from a dream are the choices I've made.