The Interpretation of Dreams

achieve the “American Dream”. And every household holds a different version of the “American Dream”. But what is the proper version of the “American Dream”? How can we achieve it? Who has access to it? For the majority of people, myself included, one would argue that the “American Dream” is to utilize the system of capitalism, to achieve financial success, materialistic belongings, have a family and to be healthy and stable when retired. However, this definition of the “American Dream” doesn’t…

Dreams are mysterious things that people try to understand. Some think that dreams have meaning, whether others think they mean nothing at all. In my opinion, dreams can relate to what you thought about or what you did during the day, but I do not think they have a meaning. You can relate your dreams to things you did if you try to, but I think this means that you are giving your dreams meaning because you want them to mean something. I talked to others to see if they had a similar opinion on…

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…

Freud: The way Freud interpreted dreams was based on free association. He would have his patients give associations to everything in their dream. He had three important rules for when he interpreted dreams. His first rule was that one should not focus on the surface meaning of the dream and that the hidden meaning is what one is looking for. His second rule focused on giving substitutions for every dream element and not focusing on the element itself. His third and final rule was to keep…

Dream Meanings and Interpretations of Your House. In this month’s two separate readers’ dreams are about their home and families. Read on to discover their dream interpretations. Dream My dream I had was a girlfriend of my sister wanted to use our house we are living at for a weekend so, she could have a gemstone party. She set us up in a nice hotel for the weekend. Can you tell me what that means, please? Interpretation The first meaning that came to me is someone wants to use your home to…

Hebbrecht, M. (2013). The dream as a picture of the psychoanalytic process. Romanian Journal of Psychoanalysis, 6(2), 123–142. Retrieved from https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=93354202&site=ehost-live&scope=site This article references the Interpretation of Dreams by Freud in reference to the pictures of dream life and the psychology behind dreams. Freuds technique is to break the dream in all its elements and…

(Tartakovsky). Our dreams are unconscious thoughts that contain much more than just abstract, meaningless images. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, or stage two in the sleep cycle, is when most dreaming occurs (Lewis xvii). REM sleep can occur up to five times per night, though this sleep is affected by drugs, alcohol, and caffeine. This sleep is necessary to the sleep cycle and important for memory. Dreaming can also occur during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, but these dreams are more…

Deirdre, and McNamara Patrick. The New Science of Dreaming: Volume 2. Westport: Praeger Perspectives, 2015. Print. This book discusses the modern science behind what caused dreams. This book was published by, Praeger Perspectives. This book in my opinion is very scientific. It discusses the realistic stimulation of dreams, gender differences in dreaming, data, personality, psychotherapy, nightmares, trauma impacts, emotions behind dreaming, and lucid dreaming. I will be using some of the…

Eek! A dream about spiders, snakes, and riding away on a bike; what could it mean? Dream I had a dream I was riding my bike and dropped my phone. I went to pick up my phone and there was a huge black spider on it. I was scared, but stomped it with my foot. The spider stood still and slowly walked away. After that spider left, under on my phone was a small spider; I can’t remember if I killed it or swiped it away. I got back on my bike to ride away and notice the yard I was in was full of…

Are Dreams Messages from Our Subconscious Mind or Insignificant Manifestations? One of the most mysterious and intriguing functions of the brain is the process which takes place every night while we sleep, the process is called dreaming. Psychologists and similar professionals have theorized on the purpose of dreams for years, but no conclusion has been reached so far. While currently there is no single theory that can be purported as the ultimate explanation of why we dream, looking at and…