No sir. Once I awaken, I only retain the memory of coming up with something useful while sleeping. I never remember what it was so a pad would be of no use. I would like to remember just one dream sometime to see if I really had something or was just dreaming about helping out my fellow man.
I used to have nightmares when I was a kid.
There were also evidently dreams that I didn't identify as a type, but would cause me to get out from under the covers and turn 180° around.
As the house was cold, this caused poor sleep. Often I awoke minutes before my alarm went off- freezing.
I would get back under the covers to warm up, but when the alarm went off in a few minutes it was extremely hard to get out of bed.
Without any outside help, I realized that the solution was to become aware of my dreams as I was having them.
The best thing about dreams is that anything is possible in them- there are no boundaries or rules to follow.
So all you need to do is become aware that you are dreaming while you are dreaming.
This takes practice, but eventually you will catch it while it happens.
For me there was some more practice to wake myself once I realized that I was dreaming.
This was actually more difficult than realizing when I was dreaming.
But after a while, it happened.
I caught myself turning around in the bed a couple more times, then after that I woke myself up before getting uncovered.
I also learned to wake myself up when I was having nightmares.
You could try this, along with a pad and pencil (not a pen*) to quickly write down anything before it escapes.
(*Pens are less reliable.)
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