Your Dreams Are Sending You a Message; Listen to Them

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Byline: Hilary Shenfeld Daily Herald Staff Writer

Keeping track of your dreams

There's help for people who have trouble remembering their dreams. Counselors give these tips for remembering those nocturnal images:

- Keep a pen and paper by your bed. As soon as you wake up, keep your eyes closed and go over the dream in your mind in as much detail as possible. Then write down your thoughts as soon as your lids flutter open. Or use a tape recorder placed bedside to record your dream recollections.

- Have someone tell you just before going to sleep (or repeat the message to yourself) that you will remember your dreams.

- Share your dreams with someone each day.

- Get plenty of sleep. The longer you sleep, the more dreams you will have to remember.

- Set an alarm for a random time during the night for a week. When it goes off, write down your thoughts.

- Hilary Shenfeld

It's been years since you were in school, but suddenly you're in a long hallway with doors leading to rooms full of students. Searching frantically for the correct classroom proves futile: The place you're looking for isn't on any floor or down any corridor.

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