Authors and websites have gained storm by claiming that they are able to connect dreams with a secret meaning that someone possesses deep inside their brain. Plenty of shows have made the belief more strong with their take on the myth. A poll conducted by Newsweek showed that almost half of Americans agreed that dreams connect with subconscious needs. This idealism could be represented by psychologist Sigmund Freud’s own beliefs, where he stated that dreams are the key to revealing the deepest and darkest desires of an individual, the via region. He concluded that these secrets were revealed in deep sleep while being contained and lost when awake. They are shown as symbols in one’s dreams that hide the unwanted sexual wishes and repressed ideas.
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Freud has this contradiction where he states that dreams should be tailored specifically for that one individual’s interpretation, but he then later creates his own universal interpretations in his book, The Interpretation of Dreams, to general images.This lead to more simple meanings becoming validated, and soon plenty of products claim to interpret dreams. But according to most scientists, there is evidence to conclude that dreams do not contain a secret symbolic meaning. Dream reports conduct studies showing that in the earliest stages of sleep, where rapid-eye-movement is not in progress, dreams simply mimic what was experienced that day. It is only during REM sleep where the brain combines weird imagery and illogical situations. Psychiatrist J.Allan Hobson observes that this does not support Freud’s theory, rather he believes in a polar-opposite theory. Through his research in the 1960s and 1970s, Hobson created his activation-synthesis theory, where dreams run themselves by brain activity rather than sinful
Freud has this contradiction where he states that dreams should be tailored specifically for that one individual’s interpretation, but he then later creates his own universal interpretations in his book, The Interpretation of Dreams, to general images.This lead to more simple meanings becoming validated, and soon plenty of products claim to interpret dreams. But according to most scientists, there is evidence to conclude that dreams do not contain a secret symbolic meaning. Dream reports conduct studies showing that in the earliest stages of sleep, where rapid-eye-movement is not in progress, dreams simply mimic what was experienced that day. It is only during REM sleep where the brain combines weird imagery and illogical situations. Psychiatrist J.Allan Hobson observes that this does not support Freud’s theory, rather he believes in a polar-opposite theory. Through his research in the 1960s and 1970s, Hobson created his activation-synthesis theory, where dreams run themselves by brain activity rather than sinful