DREAMS

Are Dreams in Color or Black and White?



Are Dreams in Color or Black and White?

A dream is an unfolding sequence of perceptions, thoughts, and emotions during sleep that is experienced as a series of actual events. Dreams have fascinated people since the beginning of time.

Sigmund Freud called the father of modern psychology. His work with patients with hysteria, a psychological illness characterized by extreme anxiety led him to study next to every aspect of human life from the parent and child relationship to human psychological defense mechanisms. Many of the works of Freud S have been published today, including the monumental work "The Interpretation of Dreams." This book discusses Freud's theory about the importance and meaning of dreams. Freud realized his dream theory after the death of his father. The death of his father was very traumatic for him, and he repeated a dream that he will stand at the gates of the cemetery, where his father was buried, but he did not dare to go inside and see his father's grave.

It seemed strange to Freud, because he was very close to his father. After much soul searching, which included Freud undergoes hypnosis, he discovered that he had unresolved anger at his father, he pushed him back to consciousness. Freud believed that he was getting even with her father in a dream, do not visit his grave. For Freud, the understanding of dreams has been an integral part in understanding the true inner feelings of people. Freud believed in the theory that dreams have meaning and have two main dynamics: one movement (in which the mind protects itself by displacing the troubling thought with a symbol), two of the condensate (in the mind places the characters on top of each other in layers, so to anxious thoughts is hard to find). He also believes that the evaluation of the phylogenetic, ie, inherited as a species, they are not ontogenetic, ie, by environmental factors. However, not every psychologist will agree with this point of view. Many of Freud's colleagues subscribed to the idea that dreams are nothing more than random activity of the brain or poppings. These scientists do not believe that dreams have no meaning or use in the treatment of people.

Freud's theory is a very important contribution to psychological thought and should not be overlooked. Although the theories of random poppings may be more biologically correct, Freud's theory explains part of the human mind that science can not measure. According to Freud, dreams are disguised wish fulfillment, a way to satisfy the urges or unconscious decision unconscious conflicts that are too upsetting to deal with consciously. For example, sexual desire may appear in a dream, like the rhythmic motion of riding, conflicting feelings toward the parent, as it may seem a dream of the fight.

Almost all of us at one time or another in our lives had dreams. But how many of us can recall when our dreams were in color or not? If you ...