Dreams
Thesis: We dream thousands of dreams every night, but why and what do they mean? ... The basics about dreams A. ... The Interpretation of dreams A. ... Conclusion We dream thousands of dreams every night, but why and what do they mean? ... “Dreams are a communication of body, mind and spirit in a symbolic communicative environment” (www. ... To make that statement easier to understand, dreams are a review influenced by factors in your life and spirit (www. ... Sigmund Freud believed “dreams are keys to the most secret parts of the mind (Coren 24). Dreams always occur while we are in a type of sleep called REM (Rapid Eye Movement) (www. ... Interest in dreams are dated way back even to the time of the Greeks. “The people of the ancient world tended to believe that some dreams were sent by the gods to convey information to mortals” (Holroyd 44). ... The Epic of Gilgamesh was one of the first known writings of dreams, written four thousand years ago, about the experiences of Gilgamesh. For example, “Gilgamesh dreams that he is pinned to the ground by the weight of a god who has fallen on him. ... The Greek people even thought certain things in your dreams had certain symbolism. ... The Greeks thoughts and ideas about dreams gave the people of today their basis for figure out just what dreams are really about. In my research I found that there are six different types of dreams. ... These dreams we have and know we are just dreaming and that it is not really happening. The next type is precognitive dreams. ... Then there are review dreams, these dreams let us look at ourselves to show us how our lives have become like they are. ... The next type of dream is the gratification dreams. These dreams fulfill our wants and satisfy our desires. ... They are dreams that linger with us even after the dream is over and we are awake. ... Another question I came across while researching dreams was “why do we dream”? ... The great Sigmund Freud did a lot of research on dreams, and he believed dreaming was a way of fulfilling wishes and aspirations of sex (Home1. ... On the other hand, Jung believed dreams are “archetypes”. ... Others that I researched said they thought that dreams are “random firings of groups of neurons” (Home1.