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dreaming
Dreams
basics
We all dream, at least if we are healthy,
though some never remember
And even they can be taught
The amygdala (emotion) often active
REM can take place without dreaming
We don’t need REM to dream, but such
dreams are usually much more mundane
Rem dreams
Often quite bizarre
Full of visual imagery, sounds and intense
emotion
Prompted by brain structures associated
with motivation, emotion, and reward and
then spun through our potent visual
association areas
No access to reflective thought or reality
What, if anything, do
they mean?
Do they foretell the future?
Do they reflect wishes unfulfilled?
Can they diagnose illnesses?
Do they have any adaptive value?
Should we ever be ashamed of our dreams?
Common dreams
They often relate to current concerns
They often involve things that could go
wrong
Frequent themes:
falling
being chased
naked in public
sex
Perspectives on
dreaming
Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of
Dreams (1900)
Struck by how often clients described them
Viewed them as indispensable to
understanding personality – “The royal road
to the unconscious.”
More Freud
Analyzed his own
Viewed them as symbolic, with two levels of
meaning
Manifest content – their apparent meaning
Latent meaning – their hidden, real meaning
We censor our real desires
Carl Jung viewed as a progression
Carlos castenada
70’s sensation
A shaman’s apprentice?
His best selling books focused attention on
the conscious manipulation of the dream
state, done to gain personal power
Better known as lucid dreaming
Fact or fiction?
As for Carlos,…..
Dreams and
creativity
Some believe that dreams can help us solve
difficult problems