Interpretation of Dreams
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Interpretation of Dreams
Dreams reflection of complex negotiations carried out by different parts of the mind. Discussing why dreams need to be interpreted. Can the dreamer explain the meaning of his/her dream without the help of the analyst?
2013
Neringa Puteliene
ATI BA in Psychology course 1st year
4/6/2013
Introduction
The average human spends six years of his or her life dreaming. Between 18 and 38 percent of people say they have experienced at least one precognitive dream and 70 percent have experienced déjà vu. Within five minutes of waking, half of the average person’s dream is forgotten, while 90 percent is forgotten in just 10 minutes. However, people are more likely to remember their dreams if they’re awakened during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage. There is not one person in whole world that haven’t had a dream. Some of dreams are clear and easy to understand, some very confusing. At some stage in life waking up after dreaming we find ourselves thinking “Does my dream mean anything? Why I had it? Is that a message? Prophecy?”. Dreams play big role in mythology and are a key element in many legends all over the world as well as in daily every man’s life. So what are dreams? Why we dream? Do they mean anything? Is it important to understand dreams? Can it be helpful in psychological person’s development? Sigmund Freud (06.05.1856 – 23.09.1939) was Austrian neurologists who become known as founding father of Psychoanalysis. While treating his clients he continuously found them talking about their dreams. Freud found it important. He started recording and analysing them and tried to interpret the trough meaning of dreams. In 1900 Freud released a book called “Interpretation of Dreams” which becomes one of most significant books of 20th century. In the book he laid out his theory of dream interpretation based on his client cases and mostly on his own dreams. His method was especially encouraged by analysis of one of his dreams
Interpretation of Dreams
Dreams reflection of complex negotiations carried out by different parts of the mind. Discussing why dreams need to be interpreted. Can the dreamer explain the meaning of his/her dream without the help of the analyst?
2013
Neringa Puteliene
ATI BA in Psychology course 1st year
4/6/2013
Introduction
The average human spends six years of his or her life dreaming. Between 18 and 38 percent of people say they have experienced at least one precognitive dream and 70 percent have experienced déjà vu. Within five minutes of waking, half of the average person’s dream is forgotten, while 90 percent is forgotten in just 10 minutes. However, people are more likely to remember their dreams if they’re awakened during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage. There is not one person in whole world that haven’t had a dream. Some of dreams are clear and easy to understand, some very confusing. At some stage in life waking up after dreaming we find ourselves thinking “Does my dream mean anything? Why I had it? Is that a message? Prophecy?”. Dreams play big role in mythology and are a key element in many legends all over the world as well as in daily every man’s life. So what are dreams? Why we dream? Do they mean anything? Is it important to understand dreams? Can it be helpful in psychological person’s development? Sigmund Freud (06.05.1856 – 23.09.1939) was Austrian neurologists who become known as founding father of Psychoanalysis. While treating his clients he continuously found them talking about their dreams. Freud found it important. He started recording and analysing them and tried to interpret the trough meaning of dreams. In 1900 Freud released a book called “Interpretation of Dreams” which becomes one of most significant books of 20th century. In the book he laid out his theory of dream interpretation based on his client cases and mostly on his own dreams. His method was especially encouraged by analysis of one of his dreams