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    When we go to bed at night we close our eyes and hope we have a great dream. What happens when the dream is not so pleasant? Instead you have a horrible dream called a nightmare. Nightmares can be very disturbing. When it comes to the human mind‚ it is hard for us to know why it acts a certain way‚ but we can always try to learn. Everyone has had a nightmare one time or another maybe when they were a child or even as an adult. But what happens when the nightmares are constant? The fact is

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    Punishment‚ Fyodor Dostoevsky incorporates a variety of dreams from characters in the novel for a particular purpose. The genuine reason or function of dreams is still not so much comprehended‚ and definitely why we dream stays one of the great unanswered questions of life. However‚ I think the best answer is that dreams help us to control‚ analyze‚ clarify‚ and recollect recent events in our lives‚ in a sort of intellectual housekeeping method. Most dreams are situated in vast part on ordinary experiences

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    The mystery of dreams is one that may never be solved as dreams are unique to an individual dreamer‚ yet they are a universal language. People may report having similar dreams‚ but the meanings behind them can be completely different depending on backgrounds and culture. However‚ there are common symbols and images in dreams that have developed meanings which are generally accepted. Being Chased: During a dream‚ it often causes such a great amount of anxiety that it is easily remembered by the dreamer

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    Many people have dreamed their dreams since they were young‚ constantly believing that if they reach them they’ll achieve complete happiness. For many people‚ they follow a certain path with their dream in mind‚ and gear everything they have towards achieving it. Sometimes‚ however‚ when life gets in the way‚ people are required to push their dreams to the side in order to focus on things that are more important at the moment. If people have to do this for a long period of time‚ it usually begins

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    all have our childhood dreams - whether it was to become an astronaut‚ firefighter‚ photographer or even a professional athlete. However‚ not many people actually follow these dreams. It may have been due to the fact that your interests may have changed as you grew older‚ or you could not dedicate the time and effort needed to achieve the goal. In Langston Hughes poem‚ “Dream Deferred (Harlem)‚” he uses metaphors and imagery to not only portray how much of a burden a dream can be‚ but also how positive

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    regarding dreams and the theory that they may serve a significant purpose to the dreamer. Freud believed dreams were insights to the subconscious. Today the topic of dreams is widely explored and examined by psychologists‚ scientist‚ and the average dreamer. Many people attempt to make sense of their dreams or look outside themselves for answers. Many people want to believe their dreams are relaying an important message from their subconscious or it provides insight into the future. Dreams can be extremely

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    5 Reasons Why You Dream Biology 2 Cedrick Russell 9-4-14 In the section compensation it talks about a famed psychologist‚ by the name of Carl Jung.He believed that even our most fanciful dreams are methods of compensation for events that occur in our lives. Also it’s saying that if someone successful dreams it’s a chance that their dream will be about being unsuccessfull. Coping Mechanism is relating dreams to emotions. Also it is saying that dreams reflect your inner feelings. Then it

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    is a dream? Some dictionaries say‚ “A series of thoughts‚ images‚ and emotions that occur during sleep” (Webster’s). Other references say dreams are “a communication of body‚ mind‚ and spirit in a symbolic communicative environmental state of being” (Lukeman 61). Dreams have both a metaphysical and physical existence. The metaphysical aspect is the imagery in a dream and its relation to the subconscious. The physical aspect is the chemical reactions that occur within the brain during dreams. There

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    Dream Interpretation With Heterosexual Dating Couples Dream Interpretation is the analysis of the elements within a patient’s reported dream formed a large part of Freud’s psychoanalytic method. Freud believed material often surfaced in dreams‚ although in a symbolic form. The manifest content of the dream of the dream was the actual dreams and its events‚ but the latent content was the hidden ‚symbolic meaning of those events that would ‚if correctly interpreted‚ reveal the unconscious conflicts

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    exception. People of different cultures dream about different things and have different frequencies in their dreams. Most importantly‚ culture influences how dreams are interpreted. Culture greatly affects how dreams are interpreted because there are big differences in how different cultures interpret dreams as predictions for the future‚ dreams in the personal sense‚ and how dreams operate. Many cultures use dreams to predict the future. It is how these dreams are interpreted that is the difference

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