Dreams

1. Dreams

2. Dreams • Usually occur during REM sleep • Dreams are vivid, emotional and bizarre – “hallucinations of the sleeping mind” • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/30908-how-dreams-work-history-video.htm • Confuse them with reality • We spend about 6 years of our life in dreams

4. What Do We Dream About? • Most of our dreams are about ordinary, daily events – work, school, family, friends, … • We commonly dream about unpleasant things

6. Why Do We Dream? • http://vimeo.com/988992 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU • Hippocrates (469 – 399 BCE) • during the day our soul receives images; at night, we reproduce these images

7. Sigmund Freud (1865 – 1939) • Dreams have a hidden meaning and a language of their own • The purpose of dreams is to release unacceptable feelings, secret drives, and wishes • Dreams originate from painful childhood memories, or suppressed sexual desires

8. Sigmund Freud’s Theory of Dreams • Published The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900 • Believed that dreams are windows into our unconscious • fears, desires and emotions that we are usually unaware of make themselves known through our dreams • Manifest content vs. Latent content • manifest content:what we actually dream; the remembered story line of a dream • latent content: the underlying meaning of a dream; the unfulfilled wish that the dream represents

9. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) • Dreams help to resolve emotional issues, problems, religious issues, and fears • Dreams unite our conscious and unconscious minds

10. Rosalind Cartwright • Dreams allow for self-reflection as we are too busy in the day with reality

11. Cognitive Psychologists • dreams are a way to sift, sort, and fix a day’s experiences into our memory • following stressful experiences, or intense learning, REM sleep increases

12. What Are Some Common Dreams? • Death • Being chased • Showing up naked • Falling • Back in school writing a test / exam • Teeth

13. Now for Fun Stuff..... “They Say if you dream about.....” 1. Baby • Signifies innocence, warmth, new beginnings • May symbolize something in your own inner nature which is pure, vulnerable, and/or corrupt • May represent an aspect of yourself that is vulnerable and helpless

14. Dreamsand Babies....... • Forgot you had a baby – trying to hide your vulnerabilities; don’t want people to know of your weaknesses • On way to hospital to have baby – issues of dependency and desire to be completely cared for; trying to get out of some responsibility; if pregnant, anxieties about making it to the hospital • Crying baby – part of you is deprived of attention and needs some nurturing; unfulfilled goals; a sense of lacking in your life • Starving a baby – dependence on others; some deficiency in your life that needs immediate attention and gratification • Extremely small baby – symbolizes your helplessness, fears of letting others become aware of your vulnerabilities and incompetence; may be afraid to ask for help and tend to take matters into your own hands • Dead baby – the ending of something that is a part of you

15. Dreams and Cars..... • Indication of your dependence and degree of control over your life, ambition, drive. and ability to navigate your life between the stages whether you are the driver or passenger indicates whether you have an active or passive role in your life; in backseat you are putting yourself down and allowing others to take over (low self-esteem or confidence) • Stolen car – stripped of your identity (loosing job, failed relationship) • Overheating car – too much energy and need to slow down or you may become burnt out; you are taking on more than you can handle • Parked car – you need to turn your efforts or energies elsewhere OR you need to stop and enjoy life • Cannot find parked car – you are not sure were you want to go in life • Almost hit by car – your lifestyle, beliefs, or goals are in conflict with another’s; could represent a jolting experience or hurt pride • Unable to roll up window – you are showing hesitation and reservation about the direction you are taking in life

16. Dog • Indicates a skill you have ignored or forgotten, but it needs to be activated, intuition, loyalty, generosity, protection, fidelity • vicious or growling – inner conflict; betrayal or untrustworthiness • dead or dying – loss of a good friend; deterioration of your instincts • dog bites you on leg – lost your ability to balance aspects of your life; hesitant in approaching a new situation; no desire to move forward with your goals • happy barking dog – pleasures and much social activity • ferociously barking dog – habit of making demands on people and controlling situations around you; unfriendly companions • buying dog – tendency to buy your friends, buy compliments, need to find a companion • dressing up dog – attempts to cover up your own character flaws and habits

17. Dream On.......Not Another Assignment..... • Actually, yes this is another assignment......so Sweet Dreams! • Due in a Week! • Happy Sleeping.