Does anyone knows much about theories of dreams? I don’t atm but I want to find out.
Some from a very materialist standpoint think they are just a mashup of whatever you’ve been thinking of during the day and have no meaning at all. I think this is the mainstream view in psychology right now.
Alternative views exist though. One is Jung’s idea that they have meanings and are trying to tell us things.
I’m more and more inclined to think there is significance to dreams. Although you have to discern - some may just be a symptom of brain malfunctioning like PTSD causing getting stuck on a traumatic event. I have dreams which contain things that I hadn’t been thinking about that day or for months or ever really in many ways. Not consciously anyway.
I’m currently noting down any dreams I remember on waking and trying to figure out what they’re trying to tell me. I was having trouble recalling some details from dreams yesterday and I thought, I’ll just leave it for today. But I had a bad feeling in my stomach and a strong feeling that I was missing something important and this only abated when I went back and persevered to get the main details down and examined for meaning.
What are y’all’s thoughts and experiences? Anyone read Jung or done Jungian informed therapy?
Some from a very materialist standpoint think they are just a mashup of whatever you’ve been thinking of during the day and have no meaning at all. I think this is the mainstream view in psychology right now.
Alternative views exist though. One is Jung’s idea that they have meanings and are trying to tell us things.
I’m more and more inclined to think there is significance to dreams. Although you have to discern - some may just be a symptom of brain malfunctioning like PTSD causing getting stuck on a traumatic event. I have dreams which contain things that I hadn’t been thinking about that day or for months or ever really in many ways. Not consciously anyway.
I’m currently noting down any dreams I remember on waking and trying to figure out what they’re trying to tell me. I was having trouble recalling some details from dreams yesterday and I thought, I’ll just leave it for today. But I had a bad feeling in my stomach and a strong feeling that I was missing something important and this only abated when I went back and persevered to get the main details down and examined for meaning.
What are y’all’s thoughts and experiences? Anyone read Jung or done Jungian informed therapy?