What Does Dreams Mean?

One of the most fascinating subjects to a lot of people is the meaning of dreams. It's always a neat thing to know what that weird dream meant, or even a plain old dream. Some of the best dreams you have are the ones that seem normal.

Once you check to see what they mean though, you find that the simple dream you thought you had, wasn't so simple. To find the meanings of dreams you will first need to remember your dreams. At times that is very hard to do. A great way to make sure you can capture a dream before you lose it is to have a tablet beside the bed.

As soon as you awake if you have those dreams in your mind still grab the paper and write it out. This will allow your mind to still have the dream fresh and hopefully you will be able to be very detailed in the comments that you put down about the dream.

With dreams there are some themes that are very common. Meaning that several people dream about these things quite often. These include dreams about being chased, flying, being naked and falling.

One of the most fascinating for me that is, would be the dreams involving falling. If not only for the myth that if you hit before you woke up you would die. But in fact these dreams have a meaning that well when you think it through does make a lot of sense.

When you fall in a dream your mind is letting you know that you feel insecure in life, and that you may have many anxieties or instable parts in your life. It could be either about your home life or in work. It's a falling situation where everything is out of control.

How about those dreams about being naked? Interesting to say the least, but what do they really mean? Well it can mean something as simple as you may be embarrassed about a situation you were recently in, or one that may go wrong in your mind. A way that you possibly caught off guard in a situation even.

Dreams are some of the most fascinating things in life, and it's really neat to see what some of the common dreams mean. No it's not an answer for everything in life, but something to keep you entertained. See if you can find a way to find a free dream dictionary to help you find out what your dreams mean.

Dreams: Do they Mean Much?

What are the real meanings of dreams? Do they really mean anything? If I've dreamed about hurting people in my dreams am I sick? They are all questions that can be asked by several people. Those people who look into dream interpretation, and some that make it their gospel even.

But do many remember what they have dreamt at night? There are many times that you may remember the dream for a bit, but as you wake up more and the day goes on, you may also completely lose what you've dreamt about. In that case, should you even worry about what a dream means?

A person who is creative will use dreams to their advantage too. In fact many writers and painters will get stories or images directly from what they dreamt about. At times these images and ideas can be terrifying.

Does this mean that people who dream about murder are bad? Heck no, in fact if you take some B12 you may even experience some very vivid dreams; ones like you never have before.

Plus over the years if you look at them, dreams and the meanings behind them have changed many times. Or it will also depend on what school of thought you belong too. So can you really trust what the meaning of a dream is?

If you're a fan of Sigmund Freud or have ever studied any psychology you will know what his thoughts on dreams were. It's funny but all the meanings that he came up always had to do with some sort of hidden sexual feeling the person suffered from. Though it might have had a bit to do with his proclivity to snort Cocaine! Freud was a brilliant man yes, and his ideas were great, but do all dreams deal with sex? No.

Better yet should everyone's dreams be categorized as one way of thinking? Absolutely not, that would mean that everyone had the same thoughts, dreams and desires. This obviously is not true. So don't put that much into the meaning behind a dream.

In fact I would hate to think that everyone is the same. It's not the case, and although finding out what a dream might have meant is a lot of fun, it's not the end of the world if you have done something bad in a dream.

Heck dreams are the way that many live out fantasies they would never do in real life. So maybe in a sense Freud was semi right about his thoughts. Maybe it is the Id really trying to get out and show us how much fun we could have if we just let go. But most likely not.

What did Freud think about Dreams?

Sigmund Freud better known as the Father of modern psychology had some very interesting thoughts about dreams. In interpreting dreams Freud made a mark on the minds of many people.

At the point when he first studied the dreams meaning he called the mind at sleep the subconscious. The part of our mind that never really made it into the light of day. But the unconscious itself was not really discovered by Freud, but several other doctors were brought to light by William James in a study of Psychology.

But moving on Freud would say that dreams one had were indeed a "royal road to the unconscious mind" These dreams according to Freud where repressed feelings. In almost all cases it would always be some feeling of sex that was being repressed.

So now you know how Freud went about thinking of what dreams meant. Can this still be the case? Does the unconscious mind still repress feelings that we don't want to get out? And the way they are released is through dreams. It may well be, but do we know for sure?

Now sit back and think about dreams and how many different things can come up in dreams. How can you even begin to imagine what kind of repressed sexual feeling some things mean? Some subjects are very easy to imagine, but others not at all.

Plus how can all people have the same meaning for a dream, even though they may have grown up in different parts of the world. But if you look at dream dictionaries there are no consideration put into the thought of people having different upbringings and desires.

No matter how you look at it though, if you agree with Freud or someone else, it still is a very interesting subject matter. Talking about dreams and what you feel they may mean has always made up hours of fun conversation for many friends. Or lunchtime discussions.

In closing, dreams are great to have, and can be used for stories and paintings if you are creative enough to do so. But as far as Freud or someone else being right as far as the meanings of what you have dreamt. Well shouldn't it be more up to the person who dreams to decide what it may actually mean? May you have many dreams that will keep you entertained for several years to come!