Dream Interpretation of the Unconscience and Subconscience

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An important procedure for gaining data on the unconscious and subconscious mind is through the analysis of dreams (Butcher, 2013). While sleeping, a person’s mental defensive filters are lowered. Therefore, forbidden desires such as sex and emotional feelings of repression may find themselves into a clients dream. The mind interprets this unconscious cognition and disguises these feelings into symbolism. (2013) This is why dream interpretation is a valid form of information gathering on an individual’s subconscious and emotional stressors. Dreams contain two types of content, manifest content which is the dream as it appears and latent content which contains the actual motives of the dreamer that are repressed into symbols because they are unacceptable or painful rumination (2013). The psychologist must associate these symbols with meanings by using client and the correlation between the client and the meanings. For example a client may have a reoccurring dream of dying, this could possibly mean he is afraid of death. Dreams in many cases are believed to be mental disturbances. Dream analysis is a highly under looked method of information gathering that has yet to be utilized to its full potential. Vivid and violent dreams can predict brain disorders by half a century. (Sanders, 2010) REM sleep behavior disorder, or RBD could be comorbid with neurodegenerative diseases that include Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia (Sanders, 2010) People with RBD dreams tend to have increased reports of violence and frequently includes fighting of an attack or experiencing death. Symptoms of RBD include restlessness and often the dream with scream and punch as though they are really experiencing the dream. These symptoms can be detected at a ... ... middle of paper ... ...resses but also repressed desires and possible predetermination of some psychological disorders. Using dream material is also a good way of changing how we look at and define ourselves; and thus of helping patients find new understanding of themselves, new ways of behaving, new aspects of personality (Calmar, 1987) Dreams about drugs might represent some data in addiction, and the relation to cravings and withdrawals. Dreams that include a patients drug of choice during sobriety is the biological manifestation of addiction and can be used in therapy to allow a patient to realize the addiction and urge to relapse. Nightmares are even more common among recovering alcoholics and are reported to be traumatic and severe. Nightmares are common in the addicted population because of an increased incidence of childhood abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder (Johnson, 2012).

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