According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, dreams are known as “a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep.” Dreams are an essential piece of our lives and societies of individuals around the globe. They are a dependable wellspring of understanding, individual enhancement, and life certifying disclosures. Dreams are also known as the dialect of an individual 's intuitive personality. Several psychologists have researched the study of dreams for centuries. Ever since dreams were discovered, fascination and curiosity began to grow. Psychologist Sigmund Freud began researching dreams at the end of the 19th century. His fascination with dreams started when his patients spoke about their dream experiences during therapy
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This process of interpretation is what aids an individual into understanding him/herself better due to tapping into the unconscious mind. Dream interpretation can also draw attention to how a troubling situation can be handled. Due to the aid that dreams offer regarding the understanding of what is occurring in our minds and the way dreams allow individuals to deal with their problems, I believe that dreams are very important to our way of …show more content…
For instance, in my high school psychology class, my teacher told my class that her ten-year-old daughter had a dream, which she described to be a big body of water that killed a lot of people. My teacher did not pay close attention to the description of her daughter’s dream because she did not think it would mean anything more than her imagination taking place throughout her dream; however, a few days later when my teacher was watching the news, her daughter came up to her and told her that the tsunami that hit East Asia was the disaster that she dreamt about. Due to her daughter’s dream that became a reality, my teacher now has her daughter write her dreams into a notebook with as much detail as she can remember. After hearing the shocking experience of my teacher’s daughter’s dream, it made me think about how many other individuals may have dreamt about situations that became a reality. This thought makes me want to know more about the topic through further
This process of interpretation is what aids an individual into understanding him/herself better due to tapping into the unconscious mind. Dream interpretation can also draw attention to how a troubling situation can be handled. Due to the aid that dreams offer regarding the understanding of what is occurring in our minds and the way dreams allow individuals to deal with their problems, I believe that dreams are very important to our way of …show more content…
For instance, in my high school psychology class, my teacher told my class that her ten-year-old daughter had a dream, which she described to be a big body of water that killed a lot of people. My teacher did not pay close attention to the description of her daughter’s dream because she did not think it would mean anything more than her imagination taking place throughout her dream; however, a few days later when my teacher was watching the news, her daughter came up to her and told her that the tsunami that hit East Asia was the disaster that she dreamt about. Due to her daughter’s dream that became a reality, my teacher now has her daughter write her dreams into a notebook with as much detail as she can remember. After hearing the shocking experience of my teacher’s daughter’s dream, it made me think about how many other individuals may have dreamt about situations that became a reality. This thought makes me want to know more about the topic through further