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    I’ve been taught from an early age to believe that no dream is ever too grandiose. Therefore, I took it upon myself to not only dream but to also work tirelessly towards making my dreams, my reality. I’m the product of the garment hemmed and fitted by multiple hands- family, friends, mentors, and strangers included. I’m made aware that my fate lies only in my hands and to never wait for someone else to decide it solely based on their limited view. Also from an early age, the difference between being

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    Life will be more fantastic if we are holding dreams in our minds. However, the dream should rather be a target. The gap, which between the dream and realistic, will lead us to push ourselves to reach it. However, if the gap is too large, it is not a target anymore. Instead of a target, it is a fake world, or a lie, where we would like ourselves to live, and we will indulge ourselves in the lie. This kind of exchange thinking of the gap between reality and ideal is called Faustian Bargain, or deal

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    Dreams are truly amazing things. Much like mountains, they appear to be grand and impossible to reach the top of. I am a person who can very easily be pleased- I’m easily entertained, I’m accepting of most requests people make of me, and I’m content to eat anything for dinner as long as it doesn’t still breathe- despite this, however, I have a very large dream that I won’t rest until I accomplish it. That dream is to become an actor. While I may have spoken with quite a bit of bravado, my reasoning

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    There are a lot of theories as to why we dream and what dreams mean, if there is a meaning to it at all. From the beginning of time, there have been records and cultural beliefs influenced by dreams. Some may see dreams as connection to another world, while others use dreams to understand our deeper inner selves or conscious. One of the first people to look at dreams from a scientific perspective was Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century. He believed that dreams had psychoanalytic importance, and wrote

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    The Four Sleep Theories

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    because as said by G. William Domhoff (2014) “dreams dramatize our wishes, fears, concerns, and interest in striking scenarios that we experience as real events.” If you take a look at the categories of dream content Domhoff states, you realize most of your dreams you have had before fall into one or more of those categories. If you were to think back you could probably recall waking up after having a nightmare upset and with a racing heart. This is because dreams are so dramatically real like Domhoof states

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    unconscious conflict (1954). The analyst is expected to help the patient interpret content to free association and reflect them back to the client (Freud & Bonaparte, 1954). Both free association and dream analysis are techniques used to discover a person’s unconscious urges. Freud was convinced that dreams represented unsatisfied wishes that may be unacceptable to the conscious mind and society (1954).

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    Career Research Paper

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    what the stage or grade of life, the call rings up the curtain, always, on a mystery of transfiguration—a rite, or moment, of spiritual passage, which, when complete, amounts to a dying and a birth” ( Campbell 42). When I was young, I had a lot of dream careers or jobs. Every time I watch a movie I always get inspired on doing whatever the career of the main character is. For example, after I watch a war or an action movie like the Lone Survivor or a James Bond movie, I immediately want to aspire

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    Descartes famous dream argument makes you question if you are really awake or if you are dreaming but don’t realize it. The dream hypothesis means I can never be certain that a particular experience is being caused by physical objects or by my dreaming. This means it’s hard to trust your senses when it comes to reality. Dreams are visual with no sense of touch and are only convincing for a short period of time because they can be far removed from reality. The dream hypothesis is that I cannot be

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    Dreams are basically stories and images our mind creates while we sleep; dreams can happen anytime during sleep. The most common types of dreams are dreams about the day’s events , terrifying dreams, dreams where someone acts in an extreme way, and reoccurring dreams. But most vivid dreams happen during deep sleep, when the brain is active the most. This’s called rapid eye movement, or REM. Some experts say we dream at least four to six times every night. Everyone dreams during sleep, but not everyone

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    Each member of the Younger family had their own distinct dream, but one thing they had in common was their lack of money. Their lack of income is the greatest factor stopping them from achieving their dreams. First there is Mama who dreams of moving her family into a white neighborhood with a big yard for her to garden and her children to play. She has had this dream since her and Big Walter first moved in to the apartment they currently live in. Despite the family’s hard work over the years they

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