MDC Dream Meaning Interpretation Discussion

Your Assignment

Read the section titled “REM Sleep and Dreaming” on page 168 and “Dream Theories” on pages 169-170 in your textbook.  These sections discuss theories on dreams, the history of dream interpretation, the most common characteristics of dreams, and the meaning of dreams.

Check out these websites:

• Freud Museum: Dream Analysis-You may have to click on “Discover Psychoanalysis” then scroll down to “The Interpretation of Dreams” or you can past the following link into your web browser. (Direct Link: https://www.freud.org.uk/learn/discover-psychoanalysis/the-interpretation-of-dreams/)
  Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychology: Becoming The Dream – A Gestalt Approach (Direct Link: https://iahip.org/page-1076535 ) Freud’s “Interpretation of Dreams”  (Direct Link: https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Dreams/dreams.pdf ) 

Write about a dream that really made an impact on you.  It can be a recurring dream, a scary dream, a happy dream, or an especially vivid dream. 

What do the above websites say about the interpretation of your dream? 

Do you feel these interpretations are accurate? Why or why not?

What do you think is the meaning behind this dream?