123 School Work

Sigmund Freuds Theory Of Dreams

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  Dreaming is a universal human experience that happens to everybody rich or poor, male
  or female, black or white, adult or child, all over the world. In ancient days, dreams were
  viewed as messages from the gods which foretold future events. In modern times, people
  still believe that their dreams are meaningful and contain important information about
  past, present, or future events. Over the years, questions have been raised as to whether
  dreams serve any important psychological function.
       One answer to such a question was provided by Sigmund Freud, who stated that
  dreams served as a safety value "through which the individual's unacceptable wishes or
  impulses, forbidden thoughts and unconscious desires can be released in a censored or
  disguised form, protecting the sleeper from waking up confused and distressed. In his
  book "The Interpretation Of Dreams," Freud regarded dreams as the products of the
  conflict between the conscious controlling impulses of rational thought and the primitive
  impulses from an individuals unconscious processes. By an unconscious process, Freud
  meant those thoughts, wishes, and fears, of which the person is unaware but which still
  influences his behavior. Freud believed that the socially unacceptable wishes of
  childhood are suppressed by the process of civilization and become part of an
  individual's active unconscious, but where they still remain influential. But, according to
  Freud, the active unconscious then finds its expression in neurotic illnesses (anxiety,
  hysteria, obsessive compulsive disorder) and in dreams.
       During sleep these primitive impulses and wishes come from the unconscious and
  rise towards conscious awareness...