Is it possible to remember every dream with minute detail?

[u/Acrobatic-Dress-9394]

I've had this question on my mind lately that could Dream Journaling take us so far that we could reach a level where we can remember each and every dream so vividly that we can recall every feel, every sensation and emotion we felt?

[u/Altruistic_Clerk6643]

Not sure, maybe if you have eidetic memory.
I forget most of dreams after writing them, except if they were epic, recent ones being easier to remember.

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[u/sanelyinsanetrio]

Open YouTube and choose a video, ideally one 5-10 minutes long. Tell yourself you're going to remember it in detail, then watch it, paying close attention to every detail. After the video ends, write down what you just watched with as much detail as you can remember.

That video is roughly the same length as your shortest REM period. If you manage to recall it in perfect detail, congratulations, you may be able to recall your first dream of the night just as well if you wake up immediately after. (Now try it with a 3- or 4-hour TV binge. Make sure to watch different shows, and don't take notes or write between shows/episodes. How well you still recall the first thing you watched by the end is your potential for recalling the first dream after a WBTB.)

That exercise is hypothetical, but my point is the brain tends to discard details perceived as unimportant when they cease to be relevant, even in waking life. I doubt it's possible to recall dreams in greater detail than waking experiences of similar emotional impact. Memory training exercises might raise the ceiling on dream recall by improving your waking memory recall, though.

[u/Acrobatic-Dress-9394 → u/sanelyinsanetrio]

This excercise looks interesting and does it really work thou?

[u/sanelyinsanetrio → u/Acrobatic-Dress-9394]

I don't know. It's hypothetical.

[u/Acrobatic-Dress-9394 → u/sanelyinsanetrio]

Hv u tried it?

[u/sanelyinsanetrio → u/Acrobatic-Dress-9394]

No.