This technique seems to be a variant of the method of loci.
I don't see any connection here between dream rememberance and
self-hypnosis.
Ken
Rick Froman wrote:
I have a colleague (in the English department) who is writing a book and
the current part involves a technique for remembering dreams. She said
she was told by a psychologist that she should find various items around
the room that she would be most likely to see when she wakes up and make
a conscious association between these things (like a ceiling fan or a
poster or a clock) and remembering dreams such that when she saw the
item she would remember to remember her dream. The psychologist called
this a post hypnotic suggestion but her editor doesn’t think this is a
really accurate term for this technique. The psychologist evidently
thought this association was a type of self-hypnosis and the remembering
of the dream would then be the result of a post hypnotic suggestion.
What do you think? Is that an accurate term or can you think of a
better way to label this technique (is it just an “association”)? Thanks,
Rick
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