Essay My Dream Job

Dreams have been the topic of discussion for hundreds of years, yet the answer for why we dream and what they mean has yet to be answered. Dreams are a series of vivid images that occur during the REM stage of sleep. Many scientists have tried to explain the meaning of dreams with theories. Per Sigmund Fraud, our dreams are a way of playing out our wishes that we might not think of consciously. This theory is made up of two parts manifest content, which is the actual dream itself and how it is…

Traumatized Refugees: Dream Work Integrating Cultural Values, Carla Shubert and Raija-Leena Punamaki explore the application of dream work in psychotherapy.The article includes a study of an African and Middle Eastern woman. Both of the women have PTSD and go through a series of recorded therapy sessions. The symptoms of the women included nightmares, anxiety and pains in the body. During these sessions the therapist's objective was to reduce…

not dream of being a princess. As a little girl, one of my favorite things to do was to watch Miss America with my mom. My mom would always say, “That could be you one day.” The pageant was so exciting because it was a night filled with upbeat music, glitzy costumes, and fun performances. My mom and I would always pick out our favorite contestant and cheer her on throughout the show. I kept telling my mom that I wanted to have a shiny crown, a beautiful dress, and my hair and makeup done. My mom…

to first understand the long history of dreams themselves. A dream is defined by Oxford Dictionary as, “a succession of images, emotions, sensations, and ideas that occur during periods of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep”. This inexplicable event has confounded civilization after civilization, throughout the course of written history. And it still continues to this day to cause wonder and raise questions in our society. The first written record of dreams started 3100 B.C. with the Sumerians in…

the day assert themselves in dreams (Freud, The Interpretations of Dreams, 1999)." Most of us, if not all, have experienced waking up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat and paranoid, looking around the room to see if there is someone else in the room. Most of us have spent the day worrying about something nerve racking and then having that show up in our dreams. Most people dream at least 4 to 6 times per night during the REM stage, although we don’t dream every night. We buy books…

Wilber opened his eyes and found himself sleeping in his bed. He felt somewhat disorientated from an odd dream. Around the farm while Wilber worked, he often heard tales of days when all of the animals ate plenty of food and everyone worked happily, but nobody believed that they were true. Being a young piglet, Wilber also believed that life had always been like it was. In Wilber’s dream however the days of contentment became a reality. The animals all lived in harmony and blithe. While rolling…

The first thing I asked myself was, why do we dream? What are dreams? To some, the answer may seem easy and obvious. But there’s more to it than just images that float around in our head. The article Dreams: Why do we dream? written by Hannah Nichols and reviewed by multiple members of a medical team, gives us the overall basis of what dreams are. It is stated that dreams are a universal experience that can be described as a state of consciousness distinguished by sensory, cognitive, and…

We all dream. We wouldn’t be humans if we didn’t have an imagination while we are asleep. Have you ever wondered why we dream and sometimes we could never remember them? What are dream catchers? Why were they created? What are dreams? I know those are types of questions we all ask ourselves. A dream catcher is varying of expressions and specialties of the Native American tribal. The very first dream catcher of the Ojibwa was proposed to show normal insight. According to Frances Densmore,” In her…

clearly, see dreams as synonymous to goals or aspirations in life. Having dreams, aspirations, or goals is a healthy part of life. It is the simple formula of how to keep going and not give up. Everyone has a dream. Dreams can even be something as small as acing a math test or something as big as achieving a certain career in the long run. They help one express their knowledge into organizing their time and resources to help them achieve the most in life. Going off the old saying, dreams, like…

Dreams are an aspiration, something we want to see happen in life. However, not everyone will agree on the same dream, which can cause conflicts. Two examples from literature are A Raisin In The Sun and To Kill A Mockingbird. A real-world example is American Denial. Where groups or individuals can be stereotyped or ridiculed and pushed away from their dreams. Beneatha from A Raisin In The Sun constantly chases after her dreams. Beneatha wishes to become a doctor, however, her dreams…