Why Do We Dream?

‘Why do we dream?’ has been one of the questions that psychologists are forever trying to resolve. Researchers had come up with many theories as of why dream occurs, and one of the common theories stated that dreams might reflect human subconscious thoughts. Thus the aim of this paper is to investigate the extent to which dream represents the human subconscious.
This paper was written mainly from researches on the Internet. It covered a wide range of resources such as website, research papers, books… With the information collected, this essay first discusses about the concept of subconscious and dreams. As the subconscious mind is subjective, studies that attempt to prove its existence were examined. After that, the theory of how dream might represent the human subconscious (the relationship between subconscious and dreams) was also inspected. In relation to that, the essay also inspects the possible impact that subconscious and dreams have on our daily lives. The strengths and weaknesses of the theory were also examined by presenting arguments for and against them.
The essay concludes that there is no simple answer as to how dreams are created and if they’re related to the subconscious or not. Since there are not enough evidences to completely support or disapprove any theory, the correct answer to the original question …show more content…
In depth inspection of these two definitions as well as how they link and affect each other will be demonstrated. Along the examination, studies supporting the theory and their evaluation will be presented. The impacts of dreams and subconscious to our daily lives are also examined side to side with the discussion regarding the relationship between subconscious and dreams. Explanation of the biological factors of dreams formation as well as arguments against the theory is also