So this last week I have remembered my dreams more than ever before. I even remembered some in the middle of the night, then another and another after returning to sleep. Upon waking sometimes I quickly grab my phone and narrate what I can remember, in a whisper in the darkness. One of my dreams this week featured a person I have seen a few times but never actually spoken to (and never thought to speak to), however there they were, front and centre of my dream. This made me wonder about dreams, in particular why do we dream the way we do, and why am I remembering dreams so easily this week?
There is more to remembering dreams than meets the eye (or is that the mind’s eye?):
- meanings and reasonings for dreams is still a bit of a mystery to scientists
- we usually have four to six dreams per night
- as we journey through those four to six dreams per night we experience a lot of emotions
- we only have two to five minutes after we wake to remember our dreams
- the key to remembering is upon waking try to limit other inputs, such as sounds, lights, smells, to give yourself a better chance of recalling your dreams
- write down as much as you can as quickly after waking as you can, focus on main points, not about making sense or writing a story, you don’t have much time!
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
What about you? Do you remember your dreams easily?
References
Cognition and crochet 
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