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Is the dream a message?

We have learned now that the question is not so simple. When we ask “What do you mean, when you ask if a dream has meaning?”, several options unfold that make this question difficult to answer. However, we don’t have to be fooled by the legal terms. When Bill Clinton replied “It depends on what is, is”, we all knew what “is” was, it was sex with Monica Lewinski. And when someone asks what a dream means, they usually are asking if the dream has an important message for them. This message usually takes one of these forms:

· Is the dream a message?

· A message from the unconscious or psyche or myself-to-myself?

· A message from God or a spiritual entity?

· A message sent telepathically from a friend or entity?

· A message from the future itself?

· Does this dream indicate that I will have something occur like the dream in real life? It may be an accident, a marriage, or some good or bad fortune.

Again, in terms of science, there are no clear answers. Science is not capable of addressing these questions directly. We can say through survey research that when we look at dreams as-if they are messages, that this is often a more satisfying way of approaching dreams than as-if they are without a message. But new, non-representational dreamwork that works with dreams as a process of production, and creative expression, and presentation instead of a message are also valuable ways to work with dreams.
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Meaning of Dreams Pt 1
Meaning of Dreams Pt 2
Meaning of Dreams Pt 3
Meaning of Dreams Pt 4

Sigmund Freud

The great theorist Sigmund Freud attempted to bridge brain and mind by theorizing that dreams helped protect sleep by partially covering up disturbances, while letting them blow off a little steam. Thus we might feel the need to urinate during sleep, but not strong enough that it would cause damage, so instead of the mind receiving the message from the brain to wake up and pee, it instead got the signal that it was already awake and looking for a bathroom. The dreamer could imagine him/herself urinating and get some relief from this, thus allowing the body to continue sleeping until the need to urinate was truly urgent and not just a little impulse. The same process was then applied to thoughts about topics and situations in the dreamer’s past that might arise during sleep, especially the ones that the dreamer might keep repressed when awake.
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