1. What do people think of dreams?
Before Freud, there were two main views on dreams: one thought that dreams were the revelation of ghosts and gods, which could predict the future and guide actions; Another view is that dreams are meaningless fantasies that cannot be explained.
There are mainly two ways for people to interpret dreams: password method and symbol method. Cryptography is like looking up a dictionary, disassembling a dream, translating all the meanings in the dream by consulting the dream interpretation books written by predecessors, and then stringing them together. Symbolic law, like analogy, regards dreams as a whole and thinks that everything that happens in dreams symbolizes the dreamer's situation in reality and future direction.
Second, how to treat the dreams in Freud's books?
Freud first denied the above two views on dreams. He believes that it is superstition to regard dreams as the revelation of supernatural forces. At the same time, he opposes regarding dreams as meaningless fantasies, and thinks that dreams are full of meaning, and dreams are closely related to the dreamer's thoughts when he is awake.
Third, what is a dream?
The core conclusion of dream interpretation is that dreams are the realization of wishes. Freud believed that the core essence of all dreams is the realization of wishes, even nightmares that make us miserable and anxious. It's just that the psychological activities of adults are much more complicated than those of children. Realizing one's wishes in dreams will not be as simple, direct and undisguised as children, but will hide one's true wishes through camouflage.
4. Why do dreams look like paranoia?
Freud used icebergs to describe the relationship between consciousness and subconscious. He thinks that people's spiritual activities are like icebergs floating on the sea. A small part of the iceberg exposed to the sea surface is our conscious awareness, while most of the iceberg submerged under the sea surface is completely unconscious. Dream is the realization of a wish, but only by finding a way to enter the conscious level from the subconscious level can we successfully form a dream and realize this wish in the dream.