PSYCHOLOGY

Interpretation of Dreams

Interpretation of Dreams

Introduction

Austrian physician and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and was next to Carl Jung's most important founders of depth psychology. The interpretation of dreams is already at the classical nations of antiquity a high art developed. The Enlightenment then referred the interpretation of dreams into the realm of superstition, which they then freed until Sigmund Freud again by making them scientifically justified and ancient notions reassert procured. As a physician, he realized that dreams have a vital meaning, which reflect our inner being and allow important conclusions about the mental state. Freud's dream theory is based on the notion that occur during the sleep state mental tensions that are to be processed through dreams, and these serve to balance the tension and get the sleep state. He received the most profound impression of the possibility that there could be tremendous psychological processes that remain hidden from the consciousness of the people yet. Freud's revolutionary contribution to dream research was his departure from the exclusive preoccupation with the manifest dream text and resolute devotion to the acquisition of the regularly encountered him behind dynamic latent dream thoughts (Krull & Kulikov, 2006).

The study of dreams, Freud began in the early 90s of last century. In 1895 he was suddenly "discovered" for a basic proposition of the theory of dreams (the dream - the fulfillment of desires). It happened in a small Viennese restaurant. Freud joked that on the table, behind which he sat that evening (the exact date - July 24, 1895), is to hang a small plaque. In every joke - share a joke, the rest - the truth. Freud really appreciate his discovery is extremely high.

He believed that the book "The Interpretation of Dreams" was abroad in his work. In the history of psychoanalytic theory of dreams "occupies a special place, marking a turning point, because she stepped on psychoanalysis psychotherapeutic method of depth psychology. Since then, the theory of dreams is the most characteristic and most original in this young science that has no analogues in our other exercises plot of virgin land reclaimed from superstition and mysticism "(Frepd 3. Introduction to Psychoanalysis, - Moscow: Nauka, 1989). Since Freud evaluated for the theory of dreams in general complex psychoanalytic theories.

First, "The Interpretation of Dreams" was published in the 1900 Preface 3. Freud for the first six editions of the book allows us to trace the path of development and dissemination of psychoanalysis. For us, it is important that at the time of first publication to develop a theory of dreams was almost completed. Later, Freud made a number of amendments and clarifications. Beginning with the fourth edition, Freud in helping one of his closest disciples - Otto Rank, which complements the bibliography, is the notes, as well as making the sixth chapter of Freud's own two articles. However, all these corrections and additions are not fundamental. The problem of Dreams, Freud returned repeatedly, but in most cases this is a simplistic, popular exposition of his ...