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A dream journal is a journal in which dream experiences are recorded. A dream
Dream

Dreams are sequence s, sounds and feelings experienced while sleeping, strongly associated with rapid eye movement sleep. The contents and biological purposes of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history....
 journal might include a record of nightly dreams, personal reflections and waking dream experiences. It is often used in the study of dreams and psychology
Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
. Dream journals are also used by people trying to achieve lucid dreams
Lucid Dreams

For the psychological phenomenon, see lucid dream."Lucid Dreams" is a single from the Scotland band Franz Ferdinand , appearing on their latest album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand....
. They are also regarded as a useful catalyst for remembering dreams. The use of a dream diary was recommended by Ann Faraday in The Dream Game as an aid to memory and a way to preserve details, many of which are otherwise rapidly forgotten no matter how memorable the dream originally seemed.






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A dream journal is a journal in which dream experiences are recorded. A dream
Dream

Dreams are sequence s, sounds and feelings experienced while sleeping, strongly associated with rapid eye movement sleep. The contents and biological purposes of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history....
 journal might include a record of nightly dreams, personal reflections and waking dream experiences. It is often used in the study of dreams and psychology
Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
. Dream journals are also used by people trying to achieve lucid dreams
Lucid Dreams

For the psychological phenomenon, see lucid dream."Lucid Dreams" is a single from the Scotland band Franz Ferdinand , appearing on their latest album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand....
. They are also regarded as a useful catalyst for remembering dreams. The use of a dream diary was recommended by Ann Faraday in The Dream Game as an aid to memory and a way to preserve details, many of which are otherwise rapidly forgotten no matter how memorable the dream originally seemed. The very act of recording a dream can have the effect of improving future dream recall. Keeping a dream journal conditions a person to view remembering dreams as important. Traditionally, dreams have been recorded in a paper journal (as text, drawings, paintings, etc...) or via an audio recording device (as narrative, music or imitations of other auditory experiences from the dream.) Now with the internet, many sites offer the ability to create a digital dream journal.

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  • List of dream diaries
    List of dream diaries

    Printed Dream-diaries This is a list of published diaries devoted specifically to dreams.*William Archer , in his On Dreams , pp. 135-215....