Stephen King Symbolic Language Of Dreams Analysis

Stephen King’s perception in “The Symbolic Language of Dreams” gave me a new, profound insight on dreams. On the other hand, his interpretations also made me realize how little is known about them and their significance to our lives.
King’s idea that our dreams give us obscure, hidden solutions to our every-day problems made me think instantly of Rosalind Cartwright’s theory. Cartwright believed that dreams display our minds’ problem-solving technique that we are not adapted to understanding as awake human beings due to our complex intelligence of reality. She thought that under an increased level of stress, one’s dreams would become more memorable in the purpose of giving him or her a relevant insight to their problems. Stephen King described a stressful time in his life as “pulling a little string out of a hole and all at once it's broken and you don't get whatever prize there was on the end of it.” Just as the pressure to get the ending of his book done had reached a high point, King had a visually disturbing, yet memorable dream in which he went on to use as the ending of his book. Problem solved!
My ideas resemble a mixture of Rosalind Cartwright and Sigmund Freud’s theories on dreams. Freud believed that the purpose of our dreams is to attain a

sense of security by fulfilling our wishes. By creating a scenario where our anger, guilt, or regrets, for example, are shown in an optimistic way through dreams, our minds can live at ease and we can get on with our struggles more quickly. In addition to this theory, I also believe that our dreams are meant to help us evolve into the best we can be. Displaying solutions and fulfilling our wishes can both be a dreams way of bettering our mental health and achieving our goals as human beings.
No one will ever have proof of an afterlife.

But to me, dreams are a way of guidance to what is next after this life. Ultimately, we also may never know the true meaning behind dreams. However, I believe it is important that every human being has their own logical interpretations of dreams in order to understand themselves in a deeper and more enhanced way. Stephen King’s belief that our conscious goes deeper than we have been thought to think hints that our personalities, emotions, desires and overall-selves can be understood to a greater degree with the help of dreams. Not only do I agree with King, but I also believe that it is a great achievement to be able to understand ourselves in ways other people

cannot.