Dream Analysis and Theory Essay

Over the two weeks in which we logged our dreams and sleep schedules, I made some very interesting discoveries and self-revelations. Many of these ideas come from related symbols each dream share. Before we can start to dismantle these dreams, their relations to one another and myself, allow me to tell you about each one.

The second dream I managed to record was extremely distressing compared to the very first. I will not be writing about the first dream since I recall so little of it’s content, except for the sake of comparison. I digress; this second dream took place in a very large home that was on the borderline of being called a mansion. Supposedly this house belonged to my “Friend”, a being that seemed to simultaneously represent two people I am and was close with. I was coming over to hang out with them, but whenever I tried to talk with them or join into their game, I was being completely ignored. This became frustrating very quickly. Wandering off to the opposite side of the house I discovered an office like set up. For some reason I had decided I was going to write a letter. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the sufficient funds to send it and they refused to let me call my mom to ask her for the money. Luckily I recognized someone who I now believe to be the librarian at our school in another office. She granted my request to use the phone, but after the irritating time I’d been having, I just asked my mom to come pick me up. After this I returned to my ‘Friend’ and explained that I was leaving. Once more I was unacknowledged. I threw a fit, running into a bedroom, screeching and sobbing until my mom arrived.

A few days of being unable to remember dreams, I had a more comical but unsettling dream. I only seem to see a fe...

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...r. Houses also appeared rather frequently in my dreams. Whenever I was inside a house, I was distressed and panic-filled. In my own thoughts, this might be anxiousness to leave and go out on my own.

Over all, I feel that my dreams exhibit to me my own anxieties, but also pick bits of things that have happened or thoughts I’ve had during the week. I would say that dreams are a combination of our mind laying out our feelings and thoughts to us, along with memories of things. You can either look as deep into it as you want or not, but you will normally be able to identify the emotions you felt during whatever dream you’re having. That in itself can show for a lot about the dream you had and what it might have meant, without even knowing the full context of it.

Works Cited

N/A. “Telephone”. DreamMoods. DreamMoods, Inc. 15 November 2013. Web. 24 November. 2013.