THE PRESENT TENSE OR THE PAST TENSE？I PREFER THE FIRST ONE。I RECORD MY DREAM EVERYDAY。 ANOTHER QUESTION：THE DREAM IS PAUSED OR THE DREAM PAUSED？（梦被中止了，被外界打扰了，我醒了，梦就中止了）WHICH ONE IS RIGHT？

pause 不及物动词，只能用作主动 the dream paused


不知道你为什么用英文问，那我就用英文回答你了。

Well, both are technically correct. Whether to use past or present tense depends on individual. Some like the first while some like the latter.
For those who take English as their first language, past tense is a bit more popular when it come to describing their dreams.
According to a survey, 37.5% of people prefer using past time while 25% record their dreams in present tense. 12.5% people slight lean towards present tense and also another 12.5% towards past tense.
You see my point? BOTH TENSES ARE O.K.

But there's one thing.
I recommand that you write in past tense, it might be a bit preferable --- Dreams happen in the past, right? But it's only my point, it's up to you which tense to use.

Do you want to listen to others how they record their dreams?

Dreaming Goast:
Most of the time I record my dreams in past tense. However there are times where I use present tense to record them. Because of this I voted for the slight lean towards past tense.

John:
I do both, but I lean toward present tense. I'll often explain surroundings in past tense, but actions in present tense. I don't ever think about it when I'm journaling though.

DuB:
Strictly present tense. It helps me rehearse the dream.

Walms:
Past tense, because I generally record them 8 or 9 hours AFTER waking lol

PSPS534:
I never record my dreams unless it is difficult to hold on to, but if I have to I do it in past tense. I have extremely good memory, and remember every dream I had since 6 months ago. I can name 59 numbers of pi by memory (so far):
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 1058209

Cypherpunk:
It is common to describe dreams in past tense or present tense. People use past tense to describe what happened in their dream, but sometimes, when vividly recalling details, people will use the present tense to describe the details as they experienced them (like a stream of consciousness description of the dream).
Here is a link to one person's description of his dream. You'll notice that the author starts in past tense, then in the second entry, he shifts to present tense. Grammatically, he should probably stay in the past tense, but this IS what native speakers often do when describing dreams.