2,000 Dreams, 700 Days
It’s time to break out the bubbly in honor of my birthday (May 7th) and more importantly in celebration of recording 2,000 dreams in full detail since June 7, 2018! When I started this project in 2018, I was remembering one to dreams per week. PER WEEK. With time, dedication, and patience, I continue to record completed and detailed dream narratives three to four times per night and sometimes upward of seven to nine.
I say this to encourage anyone and everyone interesting in dreaming to just start! Don’t worry about where you are on your journey. I started this project with very little recall and no consistency in my lucidity. Over the last few years, I’ve read the books, I’ve trained and studies, I’ve developed my practice, I am diligent about getting great sleep… and perhaps most importantly… I’ve never given up. You can do the same.
Without further ado, here are some interesting gems about those 2,000 dreams since I started recording them in detail all within my very detailed spreadsheet.
Total Dreams: 2,000
Regular Dreams: 1,658 (83%)
Lucid Dreams: 342 (17%)
Percent of Nights with Recall: 91%
Percent of Nights with Lucidity: 28%
Percent Very High Lucidity: 10%
Percent High Lucidity: 42%
Percent Medium Lucidity: 37%
Percent Low Lucidity: 11%
Percent DILD (“Dream Initiated Lucid Dream”): 50%
Percent WILD (“Waking Initiated Lucid Dream”): 32%
Percent Other: 18%
Intense Nightmares: 20
Dreams with Recurring Themes: 86
False Awakenings: 42
Epic or Big Dreams: 19
Out of Body: 21
Prophetic Dreams: 5
Percent Participant: 94%
Percent Witness: 6%
Percent Postive: 28%
Percent Neutral: 45%
Percent Negative: 27%
Percent Realistic: 60%
Percent Fantastical: 40%
Percent Dreams I Like: 36%
Percent Dreams Neutral: 48%
Percent Dreams I Dislike: 16%
Average Sleep Time: 11:10pm
Average Wake Time: 8:37am
Average Sleep Duration: 8h 44m
Averages Number of Dreams per Month: 89
Average Number of Lucid Dreams per Month: 15