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An Interesting Article by Desdendelle on 2016-03-22 00:27:00 UTC Reply

My dad pointed me toward this article in the New Yorker; it's about writer's block, and I found it rather interesting, so I thought I'd share it with the rest of you guys.

Awesome Article by Superfluity on 2016-03-23 01:46:00 UTC Reply

I'm not a dream journal person, more of just a regular journaling type. I still found this article really interesting and maybe if I start having consistent dreams, I'll try it out!
I try to keep a dream journal, but mostly I forget. (nm) by eatpraylove on 2016-03-23 00:42:00 UTC Reply
I can't keep a dream journal, by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-03-22 10:31:00 UTC Reply

because I can't remember my dreams.
I heard that a good technique to remember your dreams is to keep a dream journal.
A dream journal of the dreams you can't remember yet.

I feel like that wasn't thought out very well.

I once read... by Bramandin on 2016-03-25 15:22:00 UTC Reply

I think when I was studying dream journals, it said to write down "anything" when you wake up in the morning. Your brain will finally get the message that it has to come with something, so it should start remembering dreams.

I tried to get stuff off of my dream journal computer... hard drives don't retain information for an entire decade.

You are severely overestimating my brain, Sir. (nm) by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-03-26 10:54:00 UTC Reply

The best way to remember your dreams... by Huinesoron on 2016-03-24 20:44:00 UTC Reply

... in my experience, at least, is to be woken up in the middle of them. For this, small children are ideal, but in the absence of those, it's possible to achieve the same effect electronically.

What you do is, you set yourself two or three alarms for utterly random times of the night. For best results, find an alarm that starts off quietly - the level of someone stirring in the next room - but after about a minute, ramps up to ear-shattering volume. After a week or two of dealing with those, you won't need the alarm any more - you'll wake up to every single sound in your house!

hS

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Children might be more efficient, honestly. by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-03-25 01:09:00 UTC Reply

Know where I can get any?

*insert "when mommy and daddy love each other" clichÃ© here* (nm) by Desdendelle on 2016-03-25 01:21:00 UTC Reply

Oddly enough... by Desdendelle on 2016-03-22 13:36:00 UTC Reply

Having to remember my dreams (being treated by a psychoanalyst, so it's kinda given) actually helped me remember my dreams.

I think I might need a diagram for this. by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-03-23 05:29:00 UTC Reply

I just can't figure it out.

I can't do diagrams... by Desdendelle on 2016-03-23 07:08:00 UTC Reply

... since my HTML is weak, but I can do a flow-chart by the way of numbered list:
1) You have trouble remembering your dreams.
2) For whatever reason (psychoanalytical therapy, for example) you need to start remembering them.
3) You find yourself remembering them more often.
4) ???
5) Profit.
Hope this helps.

What you're telling me is that, by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-03-23 07:23:00 UTC Reply

The entire thing is essentially '4) ???,' because nobody knows how it works?
Another mystery to solve!

Not to quote TOS Spock or anything but... by Irrelevant on 2016-03-22 09:19:00 UTC Reply

Fascinating.
What I fond really interesting was that I've been keeping a dream diary for several years now, mostly because I don't want to chronicle my tedious life. Now that I think about it, all these years I've had it I've never experienced too much writer's block. I'll remember this if I ever get it again.