Have you ever woken up realizing that you had a weird but inventive dream? Maybe you went to brush your teeth, excited about getting to tell everyone just how crazy the dream was. But halfway through, your mind went completely blank and you could not seem to remember what passed?
Keeping a dream journal can help you in various ways. Here are some benefits of keeping a dream journal.
Keeping a dream journal can help you in various ways. Here are some benefits of keeping a dream journal.
A Source of Creativity
Our dreams have no boundaries. For that reason, there is no limit to how wacky they might be. You might have wings that help you swim or mountains that have beaches. If you are an artist of any kind, dreams can help you develop very interesting ideas for your pieces.
A Record of Your Subconscious Thoughts
According to psychology, dreams are a manifestation of our subconscious mind. We dream what we do not think consciously. Our thoughts manifest as dreams because our brain can create a subtle way of telling us the things we do not want to tell ourselves.
If you had a dream that an acquaintance is a monster, maybe that has some connection to why you always feel a little off around them. Recording your dreams can help you identify what your true emotions are and what you actually want.
If you had a dream that an acquaintance is a monster, maybe that has some connection to why you always feel a little off around them. Recording your dreams can help you identify what your true emotions are and what you actually want.
Identifying Recurrent Dreams
Over the years, we often have recurrent dreams. These dreams have some motif that our mind is trying to convey to us, but because we forget most dreams we have, we are not able to make use of that information. If you keep a dream journal, you can have a detailed record of everything that your subconscious processed.
By analyzing recurrent dreams, you can get to know yourself much better.
By analyzing recurrent dreams, you can get to know yourself much better.
Process Emotions and Reduce Negative Feelings
By keeping track of how you felt in your dreams, you can understand your state of mind better. Do you have a lot of scary dreams? Or dreams when the scenes keep changing and there is a lot of confusion? Waking up with these negative emotions can put you in a bad mood that ruins your day. If the strangeness of your dream stays with you, it can bother you for weeks.
A lot of people believe in the power of journaling. They feel better after writing down their feelings and realize that it helps them process it better, and talk themselves into a healthier mental state.
If you write down your dream and how it makes you feel, it can even help reduce anxiety.
A lot of people believe in the power of journaling. They feel better after writing down their feelings and realize that it helps them process it better, and talk themselves into a healthier mental state.
If you write down your dream and how it makes you feel, it can even help reduce anxiety.
Conclusion
To maintain a dream journal, all you need is a notebook. We recommend you get a notebook that has plain paper. This way, you get the freedom to write in the font size you want, so that perhaps you can express yourself better. Perhaps a picture or two to really help you keep a record of the visuals you saw?
Keep this dream journal and a pen on your nightstand, right next to your bed. As soon as you wake up after a dream, whether you think it was interesting or not, write it down. To get started, you don’t have to gouge your brain to try and remember every single detail. Go with the flow and write down what you remember.
As you start building this practice, you will eventually be able to remember more and more of your dreams. It could be really interesting to have a record of the dreams you’ve had to see how much you have changed and evolved over the years.
Keep this dream journal and a pen on your nightstand, right next to your bed. As soon as you wake up after a dream, whether you think it was interesting or not, write it down. To get started, you don’t have to gouge your brain to try and remember every single detail. Go with the flow and write down what you remember.
As you start building this practice, you will eventually be able to remember more and more of your dreams. It could be really interesting to have a record of the dreams you’ve had to see how much you have changed and evolved over the years.
