Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Remembering even one thing can help you. All dreams aren’t sweet. Remembering some dreams is like trying to grab motor oil streaming out of an engine: slippery, unpleasant, hot, messy, confusing, and imperfect. Like the backyard mechanic performing routine car maintenance, one can have their “oil collection container” (think dream journal or scrap paper) handy.…
The first few lines of the dream journal entry read like a list: A park in summer with a bandstand. The Beach Boys song “When I Grow Up to Be a Man” playing in the background (The bandstand was empty. Neither the Beach Boys nor any other band was playing in the bandstand. The song…
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. And they’re right, though 1,000 words is approximate. It very well might be much more. Drawings show. Words tell. Sometimes it’s easier, quicker, and clearer to show than tell. Make drawings of your dreams Do it even if you think you don’t draw well, even if…
When you wake up in the middle of the night, is it better to record your dreams with your voice or write them down? If you sleep with someone, it’s better to write them down. You don’t want to wake them up. Talking into a recorder or a recording app might do it. If you…
Sometimes something happens during the day. Whatever it is, you can’t stop thinking about it. Or maybe you watch something on the Internet. Whatever it is, it fills your thoughts when you sleep. They’re not dreams. Oh, no. Dreams have more form and shape than these thoughts. These are ideas that you’re mulling. It would…
Sometimes dreams don’t have a discernable story or scene. They’re too disorganized or minimalistic to put into words. When this happens, the SOM format doesn’t work. How are you going to make or tell a story if there’s no story? Try this alternate dream journal method. What to do When this happens, simply make a…
When I was in school there was this kid, Dave. He remembered all of his dreams, so he said. They’d be crazy. They’d have monsters in them, people with no faces, and talking ducks. Every so often he’d keep us entertained before school and at recess with his tales from the night before. Sometimes his…
“I’m no artist,” many teachers and instructors have said while attempting to draw on a board to explain something. They proceed to turn then out a homely illustration to make a point. Sometimes the students or other people in attendance will chuckle. “Ha! You sure aren’t,” they said. “What, exactly, is that supposed to be?”…
If you’re going to understand the hidden aspects of your life, you’re going to have to understand your dreams. If you’re going to understand your dreams, you’re going to need to remember them. This video features some basic but powerful tips on how you can remember more of your dreams. Also on the blog:…
Dreams are fun but it’s best to acknowledge it and not to get stuck on that aspect. It’s cool when you do something like holding seven men at gunpoint in your dreams. Or when you save a life. Or when you ride a horse really fast. Unfortunately, the long-term dream journaler pseudonymously named “Barb Sanders”…