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pj's Workbook
« on: June 01, 2009, 07:40:41 AM »
-How many dreams do you remember a week on average?

Eight to fourteen or so.  My recall seems to be cyclic to some degree, with rather dramatic random swings in between.

-How many hours of sleep do you get a night on average? You can separate workdays/school days from days off.

I do not function well with too little sleep.  I'm careful to always get at least seven hours and eight on weekends.  I'm not able to "sleep in" very much, as if I go to much beyond eight hours it will often induce a migraine.

Mondays are different because of band rehearsal.  I usually take an hour and a half or so nap in the afternoon, followed by five to six hours of sleep after we're done.

-How do you wake up in the morning? (Alarm clock, someone awakens you, or other means)

I just wake up, usually.  Haven't used an alarm in years.

-Do you consider yourself a light or a heavy sleeper?

I am a very light sleeper - always have been.
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Re: pj's Workbook
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2009, 11:06:02 AM »
- Also, please make yourself a goal for how much you wish to increase your dream recall and post it in your workbook.

I would love to remember five to six dreams per night, though I wouldn't have the time to record them all.

My real goal is not to lose any lucids - to have as close to perfect recall of my lucid experiences as possible.  I've lost at least two lucids over the past couple weeks.  I strongly suspect I'm losing more than that - those two may be exceptions where I remember getting lucid.

What fun is lucidity if you can't remember it?
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Re: pj's Workbook
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2009, 06:18:48 AM »
I'm pretty sure I lost a lot of lucid dreaming again last night.  When I woke this morning, I had no recall at all other than the sure knowledge that I had been lucid.  (I did a 20 minute WBTB, and the first lucid dream seems to have emerged from the first dream following that.  It was DILD.)

As usual, I lay very still and tried grasping any impressions at all of the dream.  Watching and feeling the world invert 180 degrees came back to me, and from that thread I was able to recover a piece of the dream beginning just before getting lucid.  I'm quite sure the dream went on longer, and fairly certain there was more lucidity following.

Alas, nothing else is coming back.

HELP!
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Re: pj's Workbook
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2009, 07:57:30 AM »
Just had a no recall night.  Didn't sleep particularly deep - I did wake several times, and each time made an effort to remember anything about my dreams.  The night was a complete void, without even an impression of the kinds of dreams I might have been having.

I did not do WBTB last night.
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Re: pj's Workbook
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2009, 03:47:40 PM »
Just had a no recall night.  Didn't sleep particularly deep - I did wake several times, and each time made an effort to remember anything about my dreams.  The night was a complete void, without even an impression of the kinds of dreams I might have been having.

I did not do WBTB last night.

When you wake up like that and you are unable to remember anything, try to focus on what mood you woke up with. It can help you indicate the theme of the dream.

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Re: pj's Workbook
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2009, 08:11:36 AM »
Thank you.

Good night of recall last night - four dreams and one fragment.

When I first woke for WBTB, everything was blank even though I knew I had been dreaming vividly.  I can't even say what ended up bringing the thread back for me, but bit by bit my last couple dreams before waking came back to me and I took some brief notes.  Those dreams would have been completely gone had I not tried and then written something down.

A couple more dreams and a fragment were recalled easily after the hour-long WBTB.

For me, recall seems to vary wildly without any reasons or variables on which I can pin the results.  I go from vivid recall to no recall from one night to the next.  Often, if I am waked by my wife or dog, I'll have nothing at all - but then it will come back to me if I let it go for a half hour or so.
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Re: pj's Workbook
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2009, 01:23:52 PM »
The dream:

Pinning Down Everything

There is a problem with reality - something has come loose and as a result strange things are happening to everybody.  I am with a group of people who understand what has happened and why, and even know how to fix it - but it involves getting to a certain place at a certain time and twisting something like a huge fastener about.  We realize, though, that our intentions and plans to do this are themselves being influenced by the strange things going on and try to plan multiple "attacks" assuming most will fail.

Were any colors or sound prominent?
There were a lot of grays and dark colors, but some of the weird things going on involved bright lights and brilliant colors.

What were my emotions?
I was concerned and willing to take risks to correct the situation.

Was I alone?
No.  I was with a group of others who understood and were also willing to take the risks.

If someone was with me, then who? Were they familiar to me, or strangers?
These people were not familiar to me, but I was very comfortable with them.  I knew we were all on the same team.

Was I indoors or outdoors?
Outdoors.  Oh!  (Something came back!)  The problem location was near my parents' neighborhood, in a woods near a convent.

If I was outdoors, what season was it, and what was the weather like?
It was mostly cool and damp - fall-like, and bleak weather.

Was I in a town or a city, in a rural area, or out in nature?
Suburban area, but outdoors.

If I was indoors, was I inside a home or in a public building?
N/A - though a nearby convent was at the center of the screwed-up vortex thing.

What kind of room was I in?
N/A

What time of day was it?
Seemed to be evening.

Was the dream about everyday life, or was the setting unusual?
Very unusual!

Was it a recurring dream?
Not that I'm aware of.

Was I lucid?
Sadly not.
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Re: pj's Workbook
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2009, 06:15:37 PM »
Lumi asked for a closing look at our progress.

Mine was spotty, as was my participation.  The keys are certainly presented in a way I understand, and I probably did have somewhat better recall overall, which was the goal of course.

I would like to better understand why I go from nights of almost no recall to easily recalling everything I wish.  (Those nights still require taking notes and effort - it isn't just automatic.)  I had a great night of recall Friday, for example, followed by two nights of almost none.  My intent remains the same, and the knowledge certainly doesn't come and go.

Lucidity is similarly elusive.

Not complaining, mind you -just observing.

Thanks again for doing the Recall Workshop!
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