Freud dreams:
In ancient times, dreams were believed to be gifts from the gods in which glimpses to the future and life direction were given.
Freud preferred to look at dreams with a more scientific base. He believed dreams were the unconscious leaking the repressed desires of the dreamer. As a child dreamer, a wish fulfilment would be very clear such as eating a cookie, this rarely required interpretation. Adults, being more complex, required a sensitive exploration by the dreamer and analyst to unravel the true meaning.
METHOD FOR INTERPRETATION?
Self-case study of Freud's own dream in 1895. 'Irma's injection'. Upon analysing the dream, it was revealed that Freud felt deeply guilty over not being able to improve Irma's psychological disorder. The dream was a wish-fulfilment of his desire to lay the blame …show more content…
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During sleep the SUPEREGO that normally keeps the desires under wraps is more relaxed. \/
The desires reach the PRECONSCIOUS, but because the superego is not entirely inactive, the desire is distorted and disguised as... \/
The DREAM.
As you can see, the formation of a dream is similar to the formation of neurosis - dreams, like neuroses, are symptoms of repressed desires.
'The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind'. The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud.
Freud vs. Jung. A comparison of views:
Freud-
Dreams are censored by the superego and are hence distortion a of the truth.
Dreams lead us to the recovery of past traumas and repressed desires.
Jung-
Dreams are straightforward, offering the dreamer the 'unvarnished, natural truth'.
Dreams lead us forward to our full human nature, towards future psychic health.
The dream as a tool in
In ancient times, dreams were believed to be gifts from the gods in which glimpses to the future and life direction were given.
Freud preferred to look at dreams with a more scientific base. He believed dreams were the unconscious leaking the repressed desires of the dreamer. As a child dreamer, a wish fulfilment would be very clear such as eating a cookie, this rarely required interpretation. Adults, being more complex, required a sensitive exploration by the dreamer and analyst to unravel the true meaning.
METHOD FOR INTERPRETATION?
Self-case study of Freud's own dream in 1895. 'Irma's injection'. Upon analysing the dream, it was revealed that Freud felt deeply guilty over not being able to improve Irma's psychological disorder. The dream was a wish-fulfilment of his desire to lay the blame …show more content…
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During sleep the SUPEREGO that normally keeps the desires under wraps is more relaxed. \/
The desires reach the PRECONSCIOUS, but because the superego is not entirely inactive, the desire is distorted and disguised as... \/
The DREAM.
As you can see, the formation of a dream is similar to the formation of neurosis - dreams, like neuroses, are symptoms of repressed desires.
'The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind'. The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud.
Freud vs. Jung. A comparison of views:
Freud-
Dreams are censored by the superego and are hence distortion a of the truth.
Dreams lead us to the recovery of past traumas and repressed desires.
Jung-
Dreams are straightforward, offering the dreamer the 'unvarnished, natural truth'.
Dreams lead us forward to our full human nature, towards future psychic health.
The dream as a tool in