Hi Mililea,
The more I learn about dreams the more I’ve come to think that they sort of have a mind of their own... pun intended :)
what I mean is, I think dreams that are truly meaningful and meant to be remembered will find a way to make it so, by emotionally impacting you, the dreamer, in one way or another.
So, my first advice would be to relax about the topic, don’t force the issue and allow your mind to behave as it will in terms of dreams, perhaps there’s not much it needs to communicate to your conscious self and so it hasn’t found the reason to do so. And not only that, but the stress itself about remembering dreams might prevent it from happening, as with so many other things.
Secondly, is sleeping habits, I personally find myself with more vivid dreams or a better ability to remember them when I go to sleep better for instance, or when I have better sleeping habits, as in, unplugging early enough, winding down for longer before bed and so on. So I would perhaps take stock of how your “going to sleep” habits are currently. Mind you, sleeping habits aren’t really only tied to going to sleep, it’s also quality of sleep throughout the night, things like noise level or light contamination can deeply affect your ability to fall deeply into slumber, which might affect your sleep cycle and thus your ability to dream.
Another aspect of it is what time do you wake up? One thing I found rather interesting is that your body has a sleep cycle and depending on where you trim it, so to speak, you’ll loose a benefit of sleeping. So going to sleep late, or waking up too early, even if it means the same amount of hours doesn’t mean the same for your brain and body, and thus your mind. There are processes that happen at the beginning of your sleep cycle, in the middle and at the end, and dreams are part of them and so, taking a look at that might be worthwhile. Maybe you’re unable to avoid waking up early for work or obligations, so perhaps you could try going to sleep earlier perhaps?
I know melatonin works differently for different people, some have rather vivid and strange dreams on it and some don’t, so that one aspect I can’t speak to.
Another part of the topic that I just remembered, which you might find in the dream work thread suggested above, is the habit of asking oneself an open question right before bed, this sometimes can lead to a “dream answer”.
just a few thoughts.