It’s different, but is about as interesting. I have had quite elaborate dreams for most of my life, and started writing them down when I was about 18. There were many years where I didn’t write down many or any, but recently I’ve taken some dreaming classes and joined a dream group, where we do intentional dreaming and share and discuss our dreams, develop our dreaming skills and practices and so on.
One of the first things I learned in the class, is that even just the intention of recording dreams can make a big difference. I later learned that I dream a massive amount that I don’t generally wake up and remember to write down. Having a practice can turn that around.
Now, if I’m rested and try to record dreams, I generally can record several a night, and know I have more. But it takes a fair amount of work to remember and record dreams, especially when it’s competing with the urge to sleep or return to dreaming instead of record them. I use an Android app called Smart Voice Recorder, which records through the night any sound above a certain volume, so all I need to do is speak, rather than go find paper and pencil. Recording the dreams is enough for me to remember them, usually, though transcribing onto paper (is more work and) does better at getting me to remember them. I have recorded some that I don’t remember having or recording when I hear myself recording them on the recordings.
With what I’ve learned in the class, dreaming has become not just entertaining and interesting, but useful, as they provide insights into myself and other things. It is also many people’s experience that some dreams have some psychic content, which is also interesting and useful…