Human brain is one of the most complex
mechanisms in the world. According to numerous psychologists, the human brain
consists of two parts; the conscious and the unconscious. The conscious deals
with more rational things whereas the unconscious is the place in which the
desires that cannot be fulfilled are packed, or repressed. Dreams are more
related to the unconscious part of our brains.
The relationship between human brain and dreams
is also an important discussion. Julia Chiapella defines dreams as “the source
for those illusive, below-consciousness feelings that tend to dive for cover
when they meet the light of day. If we are persistent about searching for and
seeking our dreams, and our inner self, the line between the conscious and the
unconscious will blur”.[1]
Dreams are a very good way of
learning about how people feel deep inside their minds. By trying to analyze
the dreams we have, we can learn about what our mind thinks unconsciously and
we would understand our psychological world in a better way. Therefore dream interpretations
may help us a lot in understanding the nature of human beings.
According to Sigmund Freud who was one of the
most important thinkers of the 20th century, distortion in dreams is
the result of a censoring activity against unacceptable wishes that we have in
the unconscious. Freud thinks that dreams provide a wish fulfilment function.
He says that there are four important things to do when we interpret a dream,
“looking at ordinary dream symbols, looking at the dreamer’s personality,
looking at the circumstances of the dreamer and looking at the impressions that
the dreamer has during the dream”.[2]
The mystery of dreams will continue to exist...
[1] Julia Chiapella, “Why Do We Dream?”, Retrieved on 28.07.2012 from http://dreamemporium.com/why_we_dream.html.
[2] Sigmund Freud, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis, Part Two: The Dream X. Symbolism in the
Dream, Retrieved on 28.07.2012 from http://www.bartleby.com/283/10.html.
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