{"id":8793,"date":"2022-11-03T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T20:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/?p=8793"},"modified":"2025-06-15T08:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:53:49","slug":"dream-journal-traveling-through-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/dream-journal-traveling-through-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Journal: Traveling Through Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Traveling Through Dreams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My dreams usually evaporate as soon as I wake but an interesting exchange with my psychiatrist a few months ago in which we discussed dreams as a portal to the unconscious mind prompted me to focus on improving my dream recall. I used to recall my dreams easily, and when I was younger I loved talking to friends each morning about what we had each dreamed. I’m a bit sad that I fell out of that habit but I’m excited to be getting back in touch with my dreams.<\/p>\n

A few months ago I would wake up every day aware of having had multiple dreams but they would disappear from my mind before I could jot them down. My psychiatrist suggested I lie still and say a word from the dream to help anchor it and then immediately record it. This helped a little and I’ve been making slow progress. A few weeks ago I started reading a book he suggested called Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill by Jeremy Taylor. I’m only a small way into it but as soon as I started reading this book on dreams I began to recall my dreams with much more clarity. I recently read an interesting theory that suggests just thinking about wanting to recall your dreams can help, so actively reading and sharing dreams can help even more.<\/p>\n

People say to keep a pen and paper by your bed to jot notes down but most of the time I find it’s more efficient to grab my phone and add a calendar entry with notes about the dream in the description.
\nI was going through my calendar to compile all my notes into one document and an entry I had forgotten about from 2017 popped up labeled “Dream – Traveling Through Dreams.” And it’s so neat I figured I’d share it. I wish I recorded more details. I can kind of recall the sensations and how excited I felt when I woke from the dream but I sure do wish I could remember the details.<\/p>\n

Dream Journal<\/h2>\n

Traveling Through Dreams | 2.2.2017<\/h3>\n

I dreamed I was constantly traveling spontaneously through different dreams and reality in a way that makes me think of flipping through pages. I had no control over when I was in a dream or in reality. (Sort of reminded me of Quantum Leap.) I was both scared and excited. I felt like a scientist and explorer who had become trapped in an experiment but I also felt like I was very close to a discovery. Perhaps onto figuring out how to control my dreams and shift from a dream state to reality at will. I had a feeling of Deja Vu in the dream because many of the dreams I traveled through were dreams I’d had before. It was really neat but felt super meta. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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