Category Archive: Memory and Recall

Oct 09

Reality Checks on Waking

I spent some time reading through my dream journal yesterday, and found a few recurring points of interest. One of which is the absurd number of false awakenings that I used to have. Almost every lucid dream ended with at least one false awakening before a real awakening. A false awakening is where the dreamer …

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Sep 04

Prospective Memory and Trickery

Another induction technique that can be useful for generating DILDs, is by using your prospective memory. Have you even been lying in bed at night, and thought to yourself, “don’t forget to remember so-and-so tomorrow”? Chances are, you remembered it in the morning. Here’s an experiment. Think of something that you’ll be doing later that …

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Sep 03

Sleep Patterns, History and Wake Back To Bed (WBTB)

Sleep Cycles

A Wake Back To Bed (WBTB) involves purposely waking up during your sleep period at a time optimal to perform lucid dream induction techniques. First, it would be good to discuss a little about sleep patterns. An average person’s sleep cycle is 90 minutes long. This is not a set rule for everyone, and sleep …

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Sep 01

Simple Dream Memory and Recall

But I never have dreams… You do dream every night! You just don’t remember it. Lucid dreaming goes hand in hand with dream recall. There’s absolutely no point in aiming for lucid awareness within dreams only to either not remember it, or wake up with a vague and distant memory of it. Fortunately, there are …

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