Begin a Dream Diary

Tell yourself several times during the day that you intend to remember your dream(s). Just before you go to sleep, tell yourself "I will remember my dreams when I wake up in the morning".

A dream diary or log is essential to understanding the meanings of your dreams.

• Organize the diary:

Write the date in your dream diary every night then. Leave the book, a pen and a flashlight, or place a lamp next to your bed.

• Set your alarm for ten minutes earlier than usual.

When the alarm goes off or you wake up in the middle of the night, write down your dreams immediately. Everything has a meaning. Remember to include every detail including the main feelings you had during the dream.

• Once you have logged a number of dreams the next step is to read back over what you have written.

Look out for reoccurring themes as these are obviously significant. Look up the meanings of such elements. It then may be possible to understand why these certain things have occurred in your dreams.

Having control in dreams and lucidity are not the same. You may have very little control over dream content and be lucid or vice versa. Being lucid in a dream is likely to increase your deliberate influence over the events of the dream. When you realize that you are dreaming you may choose an activity that could only be possible to do in a dream. You may want to change the scene or people around you in your dream. You may even decide to change yourself.

Turning Nightmares into Good Dreams

Fear in a nightmare can be defused if it is faced up to in a lucid dream. When a threatening person, animal or creature is courageously confronted in a lucid dream it becomes an extremely empowering experience. Conquering fear, even in a dream can make you a stronger person. Therefore "bad" dreams are a useful tool. What we can dream we can do. Conquer a nightmare enhance your life.

MAKING SENSE OF YOUR DREAMS

Dream analysis can be fun, it can provide insight into your subconscious and your daily life. Dreaming is good for you and keeps your life balanced. In experiments, people were constantly waked up when they are dreaming developed serious psychological problems. We need to dream, whether we study our dreams or not.

Richer Understanding Of Life

Your dreams can tell you what you're really feeling about your mate, job, parents, the past, and what you really want to happen in the future. And the more you practice working with your dreams, the better you'll become. YOU are the best person to understand your own dreams.