In Between Dreams

If I was granted one wish, mine would be to unfurl the mystery that is a dog’s dream. Koda’s twitching paws, fluttered breathing, and muffled whines prompt me to wonder at the source of agitation in her serene slumber. How could a dog’s mind, so pure in its capability to love unconditionally, be able to conjure the evil within nightmares? Do dogs invent new scenarios, supernatural powers, or personal utopias within dreams, as humans often do? My mind ponders these questions as Koda, my…

feelings. In synthesizing the messy overlap of polarized symbols present in the personal unconscious, Jung begins to theorize the existence a collective unconscious, a space of desires and thoughts rooted in primal instincts and nature. Specifically, the dreams of a particular patient leads Jung to consider the possibility that humans have a libidinally…

Have you ever wondered why we dream? In the medical world, dreams cause great controversy between medical professionals. Those who study dreams study them to determine if there are medical reasons for them, or if they are just meaningless parts of the brain’s functions. There are differing opinions on what our dreams mean. Dreams could have to do with how we feel that day, or they could be just random videos that have no connection to our lives. (“Facts About Dreaming”) Our brains are very…

wrote several books about his theories. Some of his books are The Ego and the Id, Beyond the Pleasure Principle, and Dream Psychology (Psychoanalysis for Beginners. Although most of his theories were proven to be wrong over time, he still was a major contributor to the field of psychology. Some of his famous theories include the unconscious mind, the psyche, defense mechanisms, and dream analysis. Freud was a strong believer that everything about a person resides in the unconscious. People’s…

Distance Between Us.” Through her story she conveys what it is like to be abandoned by both parents and the dreams of a child being destroyed. With the use of different literary elements, Reyna Grande helps one understand the struggles that she faced with going to“El Otro Lado,” the name she used to refer to The United States. Grande revealed her theme that some dreams are not meant to be and in the end all one can really hope for is happiness by utilizing tone and symbolism. “The Distance…

illusion. Nolan achieves this via the fabrication of dreams and memories; a concept that is heavily reliant on visualisation. During the exposition and Ariadne’s “first lesson in shared dreaming”, Ariadne is oblivious to the supposed dream world in which she was residing in until Cobb enquires with the imperative “Think about it […] How did you get here?”. This exemplifies the external stimulus discussed earlier, that allows an individual to discern between reality and illusion. Immediately,…

reader will piece the clues to together from Santiago's dreams to find out how author carefully foretells Santiago's death.…

The definition of Psychosurgery is “Psychosurgery involves severing or otherwise disabling areas of the brain to treat a personality disorder, behavior disorder, or other mental illness. Modern psychosurgical techniques target the pathways between the limbic system (the portion of the brain on the inner edge of the cerebral cortex) that is believed to regulate emotions, and the frontal cortex, where thought processes are seated. Psychosurgery is a general name for any surgery that is performed…

important. I rubbed my eyes so I could see the television more clearly and I read off the screen “wanted: 5 people between the ages of 14 and 18 to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity… A round trip to Mars is being given away to 3 lucky winners, visit www.trip2mars.com. After thinking about it a little I scribbled down the website on some paper and I remembered having a dream from that night. Two of my friends and I traveled to space and landed on Mars. I remember us getting on the…

Sigmund Freud and The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud, the man who developed psychoanalysis, dedicated a lot of time researching dreams. He even wrote a book completely dedicated to dreams called, The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900. Even though many of his ideas were thought to be nonsense at the time he published it, within a few years, most fellow psychologists began to agree with Freud. In his research of dreams, he came up with quite a few theories concerning both the sleeping mind…