Sigmund Freud's Psychology: The Dreaming And Modern Dream Theory

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There are many perceptions of what a dream actually is. Some view dreams as the subconscious trying to speak to people, and others see it as religious visions of the future. Over the years, physicians and psychologists have collected countless amounts of research and evidence to support their viewpoints on dreams. I have always believed that dreaming is a time when the brain develops and analyzes important information (Bernstein 149). Dreams do not mean anything specific, and everyone has their own cultural perspectives of dreams. In reality, no one has the power to analyze and tell people the meanings of their dreams. According to Bernstein’s psychology book, dreaming is a time when the brain experiences story-like perceptions and sensations. …show more content…

Early studies from a physician named Sigmund Freud played a role in psychologists studying dream analysis (Bernstein 149). According to Freud, dreams are wishes that may be unacceptable to the conscious mind and society. He assumed that dreams represented unsatisfied wishes and that they happened during a state of the unconscious (Bernstein 149). According to researcher Judd Marmor, Freud did not obtain the information without help from others. Ancient people studied dreams around 2000 B.C. in Egypt, way before Freud was even born. The “Dreaming and Modern Dream Theory” article goes into great details about the history of dreams. During the Biblical time period, dreams were viewed as communications from God. People regarded dreams seriously and they thought that they had specific meanings (“Dreaming and Modern Dream Theory”). This information proves that dreams were analyzed based on people’s perceptions, and not on pure facts. Each Individual’s perceptions were based solely off of their …show more content…

In fact, Freud believed that one of his dreams helped him treat a patient. “Simply Psychology” goes into details about Freud’s dream. He had been blaming himself for not finding a cure for a young woman named Irma. One night, Freud had a dream that he met his patient at a bar and he examined her. After a few moments, he saw a formula for a drug that another doctor gave Irma. At that moment, he realized that he did not have anything to do with Irma not being cured, and it was the other doctor’s fault for using a dirty syringe. This dream relieved Freud’s guilt, and he interpreted this as a wish-fulfillment. Freud had been wishing that he was not the cause of Irma’s poor condition, and the dream fulfilled the wish by showing him that it was another doctor’s fault (“Sigmund

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