Dreams and analysis
Dreams have always been a mystery to us since Adam first breathed life. It has always fascinated mankind and has been the stuff of legends, myths and fairy tales. If we only but listen with a trained ear, we can learn much from it. Although there is nothing psychic about understanding dreams, there is a certain degree of intuition that can be very helpful if coupled with logic and a working knowledge of dreaming.
There are four interrelated meanings of the word “dream” and they follow one from another. If we sew them together we will know what a dream is.
First of all, a “dream” is a type of thinking that occurs when (a) there is a certain, as yet undetermined, minimal level of brain activation, and (b) the external stimuli are being blocked from entry into the mind, and (c) the system we describe the “self-system” (known as the “I,” the “me”) is turned off. Overly complicated as this seems but it is worded this way since we don’t just dream during sleep but also on some occasions in very relaxed waking states while we “drift off” and suddenly realize we have been dreaming.
Secondly, a “dream” is something we “experience” since the thinking is incredibly real and makes use of our senses — especially seeing and hearing; since usually we are the main actor; and that dreams are occasionally very emotional.
Thirdly, a “dream” is what we remember in the morning after sleep hence, it is a ” memory” of the dreaming experience.
Finally, a “dream” can also represent the spoken or written “report” we give to others about that experience; which is also the only way anyone else can ever know about another person’s dreams.
If we are going to sew them all up, it’s basically a report of a memory of a cognitive experience that happens under the kinds of conditions that are most frequently produced in a state called “sleep.” To simplify it, you can just think of dreams as the little dramas our minds make up when the “self” system is not keeping us alert to the world around us.
Because of the fascinating complexity and wonder for “dreams,” many great thinkers have attempted to decipher the meaning of each dream. Among them are the giants of psychology who revolutionized different schools to the analysis of dream.
Freud’s theory claims that dreams carry our hidden desires. According to him, dream is believed to be represented an ongoing wish along with the previous days activities. He believed that every dream is partially motivated by a childhood wish and that nothing is made up during a dream and that they are biologically determined, derived completely from instinctual needs and personal experiences.
Another giant of psychology but which opposes Freud’s theory of dream is Carl Jung. According to him, the most effective method for dream interpretation is the use of series correlation. While Freud didn’t believe interpretation was possible by the dreamer and that it could only be interpreted by a trained psychologist Jung was the one who gave hope to all dreamers who were looking for the meaning in our dreams without having to hire a “professional.” His “series correlation” is a process involving the analysis of dreams over time. Jung categorizes the mind into three parts namely: the collective unconscious, the personal unconscious, and the conscious. The collective unconscious comprises of imbedded deposits of world processes. The personal unconscious is a container or storage mechanism that can’t be contained within the consciousness. This receptacle holds forgotten association, observations, moral questioning, unnoticed experiences, repressed and discarded thoughts, half-thoughts, etc. and finally, the consciousness which develops through sensing, thinking, and intuition.
Other theorists who attempted to decipher the meaning of dreams include Cayce, Evans and Crick and Mitchinson. These theorists focus more on neuropsychological analysis and scientific anatomical observation of every individual.
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