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When looking at Frederick Perls’, Jung, and Freud’s theory on dreams it is evident that __is the most accurate when interpretation of dreams.__

Intro:

As Sigmund Freud would put it, “dreams are the royal road to the unconscious mind.” Looking at Carl Jung’s branched off beliefs on Sigmund’s ideas; Freud backs up his theory with his previous studies on the psychological mind, multiple case studies, and my personal “case studies” making it evident that he has the most accurate way to interpret dreams.

Source A: Dream Moods__. 17 Mar. 2009 .__ Dreams and Thier MEaning, Explained__. 27 Feb. 2009. 27 Feb. 2009 .__ 30. People on average have 4 to 5 dreams a night and if they say they do not dream, they simply can’t remember them. 31. Spend 1/3 of our lives dreaming (about six years). 32. Blind people dream but their dreams consists of the other senses (smell, touch, sounds, taste) 33. Earliest form of dream interpretations came from the Romans. 34. Average dream lasts 10 to 15 minutes. 35. Men dream more about other men and women dream of women and men equally. 36. You can’t dream if you’re snoring. 37. The five most common dreams are that of falling, being chased, our teeth falling out, being back in school, and your spouse cheating on you. 38. If people are prevented from dreaming, they can suffer from personality disorders and psychological problems 39. Dreams are the strongest during REM (Brain activity most like brain activity while awake). __ Heller, Sharon. __Freud A to Z__. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2005. 40. Freud’s wish fulfillment idea came from his daughter. When she was young, one night she was sick, she was sleeping. In her sleep, she was saying out loud, “Stwawbewwies, omblet, pudden!” all things that made up her ideal meal. 41. After age 8 or 9 children begin to have more complex and deceptive dreams. http://www.psychwww.com/books/interp/toc.htm 42. Freud’s take on embarrassment-dream of nakedness- vulnerability of being ashamed or being caught off guard. It could also mean you are trying to be something you are not and fear that people can see right through you. 43. Death of a parent-it was proven that males dream more of their fathers dieing and women dream about their mothers dieing. How would this play into wish fulfillment? It is the person replaying the Oedipus of when they were younger, fighting for the affection of the opposite parent. Also, with every emotion there is a dark side. Loves is hate. So if a parent does any thing neglectful or disappointed them, the unconscious mind will play out their deaths. Same can apply to siblings (sibling rivalry). 44. Flying dreams-wanting to go back to childhood where you could be at a care free state. 45. Chase dreams- If you are being chased, the thing chasing you is what you are fear either in your external life or more commonly inner life. If you are doing the chasing the thing your chasing is what your afraid of. Chasing means disowning or banishing it from your conscious. 46. Cigar Symbol-relax state of mind, cigar symbolizes the phallus 47. Loosing teeth-feelings of guilt about masturbating…. 48. Falling-You want to give in to a sexual urge or lacking indiscretion 49. Jung ideas on dreams-nakedness, feeling exposed in a certain situation 50. Thinks that people in your dreams are a part of you even though they take on the appearance of someone you know.
 * 1) **Frederick Perls** theory on dreaming is that he rejects all objects in a dream do not symbolize one thing for everyone but that all objects in a dream represents a part of ones self.
 * 2) Each dream is unique to the individual and cannot be part of the universal symbolic language
 * 3) To help better understand your dream he encourages people to reenact the dream and take on different parts of the dream even the inanimate objects and tell how they felt.
 * 4)  Doing this will help people realize the feelings that the person may have over looked.
 * 5) **Sigmond Freud** is considered to be the father of psychoanalysis
 * 6) Every action and thought is motivated by our unconscious.
 * 7) His theory in dream interpretation is that our repressed urges and impulses come out during dreaming because to act civilized in our society our natural instincts have to be held back.
 * 8) Some of our urges tend to be extremely disturbing and harmful, in our dreams we use symbolic language to censor out the images that can wake us from our sleep in shock.
 * 9) This is where the confusing dreams come into play.
 * 10) 3 different aspects of the brain:
 * 11)  id- primal, pleasure, desire, unchecked urges and wish fulfillment
 * 12) ego- conscious and the rational, the moral and self-aware aspect of the mind
 * 13) Superego- the censor for the id. also responsible for enforcing the moral codes of the ego
 * 14) When we are awake id would be repressed by the superego so everyone can get along and be civil. While dreaming though, a person’s guard is down and the unconscious (id) can act out hidden desires.
 * 15) When we don’t remember our dreams, it is because of the superego censoring the disturbing images from the unconscious mind.
 * 16) His theory included two different contents of the dream: manifest and latent
 * 17) Manifest-What the dream is literally saying and often makes no sense
 * 18) Latent-What the dream is really trying to tell you
 * 19) Classified images into 5 processes
 * 20)  t-desire for one thing or person and is symbolized by something or someone else
 * 21) Projection-a dreamer puts their desires into another person
 * 22) Symbolization-repressed urges or suppressed desired are acted out in metaphors
 * 23)  Condensation-underplays their desires and are not obvious
 * 24) Rationalization-the mind takes makes an incoherent dream clearer and more logical
 * 25) Freud was so preoccupied with sex having to do with everything he believed that every long slender object represented the phallus and every object with a cavity represent women’s genitalia (sex is the root of all dreams)
 * 26) ** Carl Jung-** studied under Freud until their differences in made them go their separate ways
 * 27) Jung believed that dreams were more spiritual rather then sexual
 * 28) Thought that dreaming was a window to our unconscious mind and offered solutions to the waking life
 * 29) Thought the ego was a reflection of ourselves and how we see ourselves in the world
 * 30) Believed that everyone had a “counter ego” or a shadow and that is the rejected parts of yourself that you would rather not acknowledge (uncivil, awkward, or primitive)
 * 31)  Believed that imagery in dreams revealed something about ourselves
 * 32) Thought that manifest was just as important as the latent content and often discussing what is currently going on in your life
 * 33) The dreamer is fully equipped to interpret their own dreams and there is no one correct way to interpret dreams and they are personal to you and whatever feel right to you is the more important then what someone else believes the dream means
 * 34) Collective unconscious- Symbols that have meanings that are universal to men, women, and different cultures. Jung identified seven
 * 35)  The Persona- is the image you present to the world in your waking life. It is your public mask. In the dream world, the persona is represented by the Self. The Self may or may not resemble you physically or may or may not behave as your would. For example, the persona can appear as a scarecrow or a beggar in your dream. You still know that this "person" in your dream is you.
 * 36)  The Shadow-part of ones self that you do not want others to see and is “unappealing” and symbolizes weakness fear or anger. In dreams it can be represented by a stalker, murderer, a bully, or pursuer. It could take on a frightening figure or a friend or relative. Makes you confront you don’t want to but you have to listen and accept your shadow.
 * 37) The Anima/Animus-Represents the feminine and masculine part of you. If you’re a girl it may be represented by growing a beard or if you’re a boy dressing as a girl. This just means the ability to integrate with that side of you and serves as a reminder that you have to express yourself more.
 * 38)  The Divine Child-You at your purest state. It symbolizes innocents, helplessness, and your aspirations and full potential. Represented by a baby or young child/
 * 39) The Wise Old Man /Woman-helper in your dreams and can be represented by an authority figure like a teacher, parent, priest, ect. They are there to lead you in the right direction.