Dream Journal - Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming

Dream journals are often kept by people striving to remember lucid dreams. Writing down dreams increases what is called dream recall, or the ability to remember dreams. When writing down dreams, the dreamer often searches for dream signs, or recurring themes that have been detected between dreams. Dream recall can vary from day to day but keeping a journal tends to regulate waking dream memory.

It is important to record the dreams in the journal immediately after waking up, as individuals forget the details of their dreams very quickly. Writing the next day's date in the dream journal asserts a conscious thought to remember dreams, which communicates intention to the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind then responds by fulfilling that desire. This mental action causes the conscious and subconscious minds to work together toward the common goal of remembering the dream.