dream theory

In society, dreams can evoke lots of fascination; furthermore for many years philosophers and scientists have tried to resolve the riddle; why do we dream? As human beings we devote so much time to dreaming, so much so that we don’t remember many of our dreams that get disoriented in the realms of us sleeping. Chances are of those dreams we do remember, tend to be difficult to understand; therefore, leading us to wonder why we even dream at all? Throughout the progression of time, many theories have been presented, the two most famous ones being: the psychoanalytic theory of dreaming and the activation synthesis model of dreaming. The psychoanalytic theory of dreaming by Sigmund Freud’s suggests that dreams are nothing but our unconscious longing, judgment, and incentive. On the other hand the activation synthesis model of dreaming by J. Allan Hobson suggests that dreams are a result neural impulses that occur during your dreams, that trigger different areas in the brain which result in dreams that he claimed to be the “most creative state” we as human beings take part in. Based on my own series of dreams, my own personal theory is very similar to that of Sigmund Freud; conversely, I believe dreams strive to do what we as human beings struggle to do, which is make up our minds. Dreams serve as little flares that clarify our conflicts; likewise to Sigmund Freud our dreams do include our unconscious desires, but these are only present to show us as human beings that the answers to our conflicts are already present; present in the back of our minds, secluded from everything else.

According to my very own dream theory, I believe every dream serves as an answer to every conflict we face, whether it is a present conflict, or just an ...

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... dream theory. Subconsciously, I wish this girl was with me, which directly relates to why she was present in all of my dreams. In addition this girl answers all of my conflicts. These dreams show me that this girl is the answer to all of my conflicts; primarily in the first dream I recorded. Although I was totally submerged under water being with this girl made it seem like the environment never even existed.

It is definite that dreams are only present to show us how much it is we want something, whether it is the uncontrollable fear we want to overcome, or in my case the girl I deeply desire. The events produced in our dreams can be influenced by a plethora of factors but in the end we dream for one reason, one reason that is driven by emotion. We dream to help solve our own inner conflicts; that will further lead us to become the individual we desire to become.