Indeed, dream interpretation is not necessary for life. People must know how to grow food, build houses and weave cloth, otherwise people can't survive; People can still live well without knowing their dreams.
On the other hand, scientists study amoeba. Ants and starfish, studying the origin of the universe and planets millions of light years away, and studying protons and quarks, are of great significance to survival? Compared with ants. Since Sirius and Quaker came, dreams have become much more connected with us, and dream interpretation has played a great role in life.
Interpretation of dreams is a good way to improve life. Although it is not the only means, it is one of the good means. We can live well without it, and we can live better with it; Just as people can travel without inventing cars, once they have cars, they can travel more, farther and more easily.
Interpretation of dreams can take us to the depths of our hearts and bring back countless treasures.
He who sees through the ghosts in his dreams
Interpretation of dreams can let us know what a dream means and what it is. Besides the practical value of dream interpretation, it is also a great value to let us know what dreams are. Because man is an animal who loves to acquire knowledge, he wants to know what the planet is like millions of light years away. How can he not be eager to know what this dream that he can see every night is like?
When people don't find the truth about dreams, people have to accept some superstitions about dreams to alleviate cognitive hunger. Nowadays, there are many superstitions about dreams, which are difficult to eliminate precisely because people still don't know the truth of dreams. No one in modern times will believe that the sun is pulled across the sky by a god, because scientists have clearly known what the sun is and told everyone this knowledge. But some people still think that dreams are manifestations of ghosts and gods. This is because scientists can't make people understand what dreams really are. Therefore, dream interpretation (here refers to scientific dream interpretation) will not only promote the spread of superstition, but also eliminate superstition. If a child sees a terrible white shadow at night and thinks it is a ghost, clever parents will not let him stay away from it, but take him to see what it is. Similarly, dream interpretation is to let us see what it is, and after seeing it clearly, the fallacy of superstition is broken.
This can be said to be the first function of dream interpretation.
See someone's spirit
If we compare the field of our mind to a garden, perhaps it should be said that it is a garden at night: except for the lights on in a house, the Woods. Pond. Grass and rockery are in the dark. With the faint starlight, we can vaguely see things outside the house, but everything is deformed. Trees are like tall and terrible people, ponds shine strangely, and caves in rockeries are even more mysterious. The house with lights on is our consciousness, and we are very aware of the thoughts in our consciousness. The dark area outside the house is our subconscious mind, the part we don't know much about, and the hidden emotions and thoughts in our hearts. Many people mistakenly think that the house with the lights on is his whole heart, and he thinks he knows himself completely. However, sometimes, he will be influenced by an uncontrollable emotion, but he doesn't know the source of this emotion. He would be surprised and say, "What happened to me today? Why am I so angry about such a trivial matter? " He doesn't know that although he denies the existence of things outside the house, the wind in the Woods will spread to the house, autumn insects in the grass will break into the house, and even poisonous snakes will climb into the house. Whether you admit or not the existence of the subconscious mind, things in the subconscious mind will have an impact on you.
And dream interpretation may be said to be a flashlight, which can help you see everything that you can't see clearly in your heart. Sometimes, it can even be compared to moonlight, which can shine through your heart and let you really understand yourself at this moment. Once, a boy aged 18 told me such a dream: "I stepped on a bird, and I wanted to catch it and tie its feet." I didn't expect to pull off its head and skin. Bloody. I still remember threatening it' if you run, I will feed you to the cat' ". I immediately guessed that "bird" refers to his girlfriend, but out of caution, I just said, "bird refers to a person who looks like a bird in some way." Is there anyone around you who reminds you of birds? ""Yes, "he said." She is as docile as a naive girl. ""This person will fly away or run away. "I said." Yes, "he said," I'm afraid she left me. "So you tried to tie its feet, but you hurt her unintentionally." Really, what should I do? "He asked me. In fact, his dream has pointed out the reason why the bird wants to fly away, and he "stepped" on it. After interpreting the dream, he can understand that the consequence of treating "bird ……" like this is to hurt "bird". As long as it doesn't "step on", "bird" won't want to "escape".
If he doesn't interpret dreams, he won't get this revelation, and he won't realize where he is wrong in love.
Sometimes, as a monologue from the heart, dreams can help us choose the path of life.
American psychologist Fromm once analyzed such a dream:
"I am sitting in a car parked at the foot of a high mountain, where there is a narrow and steep road leading to the top of the mountain. I hesitate to drive because this road looks dangerous. But a man standing next to the car asked me to drive. Don't be afraid. I decided to follow his advice. So I drove up and the road became more and more dangerous. There is no way to stop the car because there is no turning back. Near the top of the mountain, the engine suddenly stopped and the brakes failed, so the car slipped back and fell off the cliff! I woke up in horror. "
The man who dreamed this dream is a writer. At that time, he was faced with a choice. He can get a position that earns a lot of money, but at the same time he must write something he doesn't believe. The person who encouraged him to drive up the mountain in his dream was a friend and a painter. He chose an industry that made a lot of money and became a portrait painter. Although he is rich now, he has lost his creativity. Fromm's explanation of this dream is:
Driving up the mountain symbolizes choosing a career with more money and higher status like a friend, but he knows in his heart that this road is dangerous. What is destroyed in the dream image is his own body, which symbolizes that his wisdom and spiritual self are in danger of being destroyed.
Dreams enable us to gain insight into our hearts and know what our real needs are. When we are faced with important choices, our dreams can inspire us.
See through the world
There are two kinds of dreams that can let us know other people's hearts. One is our own dream, and the other is a dream told by others. Our own deep self (or subconscious) is much more sensitive and cautious than our conscious self. Because this deep self can notice many subtle features and inconspicuous words and deeds of others, and infer this person's character from these small places according to experience. Sometimes, we don't like someone for no reason at first sight. We can't say why, even we believe this man is a good man, but we feel a little uncomfortable. In fact, this is a judgment made by the deep self. According to some details, this person is not good. This judgment is generally called intuition. Most people don't want to trust intuition, because intuition can't explain why, but it turns out that intuition is often right.
In a dream, our inner self's judgment and evaluation of a person will be clearly expressed in an image. If we can interpret dreams, we will know what we think of this person in our hearts. In the book Psychoanalysis of Dreams, Fromm gave such an example.
Before dreaming, the dreamer met a prominent VIP, "This VIP is famous for his wisdom and kindness". The dreamer was deeply moved by his wisdom and kindness when he visited him. He stayed for about an hour before he left. He was very happy to see a great and kind man. That night, he had a dream.
"I saw Mr XXX (the distinguished guest), and his face was very different from what I saw yesterday. I saw a cruel and stern face. He is smiling and telling others that he just cheated a poor widow and lost the last few cents. "
The analysis of this dream shows that the dreamer has a sharper insight in the dream and sees through the true face of XX, or he sees the face behind the mask. Later observation confirmed that XX was indeed a heartless and cruel person.
Fromm quoted the second dream as a prophetic dream:
Once, A and B met to discuss their future cooperation. He was so impressed with B that he decided to take Japan as his business partner. The night after the meeting, he had a dream: "I saw Sun sitting in our shared office. He is consulting the ledger and tampering with some figures on the ledger in order to cover up the fact that he uses a lot of public funds. "
After a year of cooperation with Japan, A found that B had indeed done such a thing, misappropriating public funds and tampering with the books without authorization. A's dream also reflects his understanding and insight into others. Telling others about his dreams is a very smooth way for us to know him and let us see his inner world unabashedly.
Because people don't want to tell others, but they don't care about telling others a dream.
Therefore, as a psychological counselor and therapist, it is very necessary to know how to interpret dreams. A dream may know more than you have learned in several consultations. The use of dream interpretation technology can make psychological counselors and therapists save consulting time and reduce misdiagnosis. At the same time, the process of analyzing and interpreting dreams for visitors can also be a kind of psychological consultation and treatment, which can improve the insight of visitors.
Another advantage of using dream interpretation technology by psychological counselors and therapists is that dream interpretation can arouse the interest of visitors and make them cooperate better. China people are interested in dream interpretation because they have traditional ideas about dreams and think that dreams have omen significance. With this interest, they can tell their dreams.
Interpretation of dreams can bypass some impedance. Some visitors try to avoid going deep into the topic during the conversation. Once the topic is close to the crux, they will lead the topic away, or suddenly become so emotional that the counselor can't continue to ask questions, or simply refuse to answer questions.
At this time, we can use dream interpretation to understand his crux, because visitors can't understand the meaning of dreams, and they can easily tell their dreams, thus exposing their inner feelings that they dare not expose. Once some symptoms are revealed through dream interpretation, visitors usually stop covering it up.
Interpretation of dreams can also increase visitors' trust in psychological counseling. If the counselor can interpret dreams properly, visitors will have confidence in the counselor's ability. From this perspective, decoding dreams is a very useful technology. Then, why don't we take a little time to study this technology seriously!