Freud And Dreams

Both Freud and Jung provided important and interesting theories on dreams; encompassing their functions, their roots, and their meanings. Freud looked at dreams as a result of repressed memories, particularly repressed sexual memories from our childhood. Jung however, believed that dreams delved beyond sexual repression during younger years, to other problems, be it trauma, anxiety etc. Jung also believed dreams changed predominately through middle adult years, while Freud believed the opposite. There is little empirical evidence to reinforce either Freud or Jung’s theories, however, their contributions to the study of dreams in psychology cannot be lessened or denied.

Every night people lay their heads down to rest in hopes of having a good night’s sleep and as you sleep during the night, dreams occur. Some remember more than others. However, a dream is always present even if you may think it is not. The curiosity of dreams is what started the popularity of dream interpretation. People wanted to know what they meant and how they were getting there which drove psychologists to go out and study them. (The Dream Experience Chapter 1) Dreams are a very complex topic because of the various meanings for their appearance. Theories vary from dream simply being apart of a biological cycle that occurs during sleep to theories, or like Sigmund Freud’s who believed that there is a deeper meaning behind dreams that is driven by sexual aggression. Carl Jung’s theory is also very popular because of its acceptance. Jung, in general, believed dreams had a different meaning from what the dream actually shows. Several theories and several explanations for dream causes great disagreement between scientists and psychologists. (You are What you Dream) Throughout time, however, other theories of dreaming have come about after Freud’s. Freud’s theory is, to this say, questioned, by psychologists around the world. Is Freud’s theory still hold up in the 21st century? Freud’s theory of dreams which is extremely abstract when it relates to other theories such as Carl Jung’s and Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley. Freud’s theory for the most part was used

In his lecture, “Revision of the Theory of Dreams” Freud makes it apparent that this theory alone stands as the basis for the entirety of Psycho-Analysis, he writes, “Whenever I begin to have doubts of the correctness of my wavering conclusions, the successful transformation of a senseless and muddled dream into a logical and intelligible

Freud’s theory is that dreaming is meaningful, unlike the activation synthesis theory. He believed that the mind had three sections, represented in a shape of an iceberg; the conscious, the subconscious and the unconscious. The conscious is the tip of the iceberg above the water involves everything we are aware of right now such as our thoughts. The

“Dreams are a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.” This is the true definition of what dreams are according to Free Dictionary.com. Although many people are unaware of how dreams actually work there are two psychologists that have been able to pinpoint the true meaning of dreams. These two men are Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. There are many different perceptions on how people dream, what dreams mean, and why people dream.

Why people dream, what they dream of, and what is the meaning of their dreams, are topics of interests with many types of researchers, artists, and some clinical practitioners. Freud believed our dreams gave insight to our deep desires of love, money, and acceptance or any yearning of the individual.

This excerpt from Sigmund Freud’s 1913 book, The Interpretation of Dream, Third Edition, is one of his most famous generalizations of his work. Freud often emphasized that the study of the human mind is a complicated, arduous, and ever-changing field of attempts at empirically examining an intangible concept that often result in very small gains. His work has placed him into a distinct place in history that has been given countless courses of retrospection by academics alike.

     An individual’s unconscious mind combines bits and pieces of information and places them together. Dreams are almost always visual. “Forty to fifty percent of dreams have some form of communication present in them and a very small percentage of dreams give the dreamer the ability to use his or her five senses”(Encarta). Dreams allow one to take a closer look into their mind in a quest for self-discovery. In ancient Greece dreams were believed to be messages from the gods. Hippocrates and Aristotle believed that dreams contained physiological information that may be cause of future illnesses. Dreams can be used to solve a number of different types of problems. In The Interpretation of Dreams, by Sigmund Freud he states “As regards the dream, all the troubles of waking life are transferred by it to the sleeping

After a friend told me about some weird dreams he had been having I decided to research the meaning of dreams. I will focus on Sigmund Freud’s idea that understanding our dreams can help us to understand ourselves, and live a much happier and fulfilled life. Freud was known as “the father of psychoanalysis” and in 1899 he wrote his most famous work, The Interpretation of Dreams, and

They can be reveal our inner motivations and hopes, help us face our fears, encourage growing awareness and even be a source of creativity and insight” (qtd. in Puri and Treasaden 150). Freud, the founder of psycho-analysis and Jung, developer of analytical psychology discuss about the function of dream in human life (Anderson 1). Jung and Freud discuss about function of dream, however, Jung also highlight more details about “dream as constituting a symbolic guide to present and future conduct” (Glover 105). On the other hand, Freud argues that dream is a way to preserve sleep (Domhoff “Purpose”). Jung also said that “the function of dreams is to compensate for those parts of the psyche (total personality) that are underdeveloped in waking life” (Domhoff “Purpose”). Springett argues that the purpose of dream which propose by Jung and Freud are less scientific because the idea of rapid eye movement has not

Close your eyes and think of the last dream you had, do you remember it? Maybe you had the ability to fly or you were falling down. For some, you may have woken up gasping for air due to a scary dream. If any of you are like me you experience seemingly realistic dreams.

Due to research on dreams, dreams serve different purposes. There are various meanings as to why individuals dream. In ancient culture's, the purpose of dreams was that cultures could communicate with their gods. Mostly all of the ancient culture's dreams were related to their gods. Some cultures believed their dreams were messages from their god. On the other hand, the Romans believed otherwise, they thought their dreams were to expand the Roman Empire. However, dreams due to psychology were meant to play out inner, deepest wishes a person has, which is then played out in the person’s dream. In addition, dreams are meant to prepare an individual later in life, because dreams produce problems that an individual needs to resolve; which then

To many people, dreams are the thoughts that occur while sleeping, having almost mystic qualities. For millennia the significance of dreams has escaped even the brightest of philosophers and intellectuals. Many people have speculated about why people dream and what meanings the dreams have but in recent times two theories have gained credibility in answering those questions. The first theory is Sigmund Freuds and the other is known as the cognitive theory of dreams also known as biological determinism.

It is universally known that dreams are full of meanings and emotions. In Freud’s theory, all dreams are wish fulfillments or at least attempts at wish fulfillment. The dreams are usually presented in an unrecognizable form because the wishes are repressed. Freud proposes there are two levels in the structure of dreams, the manifest contents and the latent dream-thoughts. The manifest dream, a dream

In 1899, Freud published a book titled The Interpretation of Dreams and it was the first time that we ever considered dreams to have an actual reason behind them and that we should have more of a scientific approach to the matter (The Interpretation of Dreams). Freud takes the objective approach to dreaming, taking dreams and tying them into the external world. Freud distinguished manifest and latent content of dreams by determining what they are individually. Manifest is what the dreamer remembers while Latent is the underlying wish or desire the individual has (McLeod, 2013). “The process whereby the underlying wish is translated into the manifest content is called dream-work. The purpose of dream work is to transform the forbidden wish into a non-threatening form, thus reducing anxiety and allowing us to continuing sleeping. Dream work involves the process of condensation, displacement, and secondary elaboration. (McLeod, 2013)” Freud also developed the idea of id, ego, and superego and how they play a role in our personality that ties within our dreams. To Freud Id represents instinct and drives that can contain activities such as eating, sex, and breathing. Ego develops from infancy and its goal is to satisfy the demands of id in a safe way which can operate in both the conscious and unconscious mind. Superego can develop during early childhood and this ensures moral