Dream Diaries

I've always been one of those people that's been able to remember their dreams really vividly. I think it must be because I'm a light sleeper, as barely anyone else I know is able to remember their dreams as clearly as I remember my own.

I'm fascinated by what dreams mean and what they're caused by. I sometimes have really strange lucid dreams - the only way I can think to describe this is that it's like being half-in half-out of your dream, and so you're conscious enough to be aware that you're dreaming but you're also still completely submerged in the dream. 

Due to this interest in dreams, I have decided to keep a diary of all the dreams I remember when I wake up in the morning. I do it as soon as I wake up, so I don't forget them throughout the day, and record every little bit of detail I can remember. If my dreams are really strange, I'll perhaps spend a bit of time searching the internet to find out what exactly it means. 

I started doing this last year, but lost motivation about a week in. However this summer I've started doing it again and have actually managed to keep it up this time. I love going back to last year's dreams and reading them over, because sometimes they actually jog my memory as if they're something I consciously experienced - rather than them just being a dream.

I love doing things like this - it's now become a little routine that I have in the morning, that instead of getting up straight away and getting my breakfast, I spend 5 or 10 minutes recollecting my dreams from the night before and writing them down.

I find it weirdly therapeutic, and I have even got a few of my friends doing the same thing - which means sometimes we have really interesting discussions about our dreams from the past few nights!