What does Freud think of dreams?

Dreams have been with us since the birth of mankind, and it was not until Freud and his research on dreams appeared that people had a deeper understanding of dreams. So this issue of Duke of Zhou will show you how Freud viewed 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.

Freud first denied the above two views on dreams. He believes that dreams are manifestations of supernatural forces. At the same time, he also opposes treating dreams as meaningless fantasies. He believes that dreams are full of meaning, and dreams are closely related to the dreamer's thoughts when he is awake. Most importantly, Freud believed that dreams can be explained, and it is entirely possible to explain dreams with psychological skills.

Freud also denied two folk methods of dream interpretation: the symbolic method relies entirely on a subjective guess and intuitive response, and the cryptographic method relies on a "dream interpretation book" written by an individual to translate dreams, but the explanation provided by the dream interpretation book may not be applicable to everyone. Neither method is reliable.

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 a dream will not be as simple, direct and undisguised as a child. On the contrary, they will hide their true desires through camouflage, even in their dreams.

Freud gave an example to this. One of his female patients dreamed that her beloved nephew died. This dream looks very unpleasant, but from a psychological point of view, this dream is actually to cover up the female patient's desire to see her sweetheart, because the sweetheart is her sister's friend and will definitely appear at her nephew's funeral.

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