The dream breakdown
Ok, so as promised here is my article on dream interpretation, and analysis, I will describe to you one of my dreams now, and then might pick up a few of the more interesting points further into the article.
My dream:
I was standing in my kitchen when I saw my girlfriend Martha in front of me. She was holding a knife and fork in her hand and for some reason gesticulating at the table for me to sit down. I sat down and started eating the food that was in front of me. It was pasta and pesto (my favorite food).
The dream suddenly changed, and I was standing in Brimham Rocks with Martha who was actually stark naked. But with my grandfather there as well, holding onto Martha whiles pointing out to me the better features of his new digital camera
From there on out, the dream is a blur to me. But let’s start out there.
So as a start off point, I am going to describe a little bit about Freud’s 5 dream theories what they are what they mean, and what possible connection they could have with my dream.
1. Displacement: This occurs when the desire for one thing or person is symbolized by something or someone else.
Ok, so to extract a part of my dream as an example, you could theorize that my Grandfather holding on to the DSLR camera & holding onto Martha, is one thing I want to do. So my Grandfather in my mind, took the place of me.
2. Projection: This happens when the dreamer propels their own desires and wants onto another person.
Again I will use the example of my Grandfather as it’s the most simple, and say that I am projecting my own want to have that closeness with Martha, through my Grandfather.
3. Symbolization: This is characterized when your repressed urges or suppressed desired or acted out metaphorically.
My repressed urges are sadly nothing more than a baser drive for sex in this dream. Martha being naked in both sections of my dream, and holding cutlery in Freud’s view is a perfect view on his theory on sex in dreams.
Granted there could be allot said about the kitchen with my favorite food, and Martha being there. A mothering desire perhaps, being symbolized in the view that she has made my food for me.
This could be a repressed desire for people to care for me, to “clean up after me” as such.
4. Condensation: This is the process in which the dreamer hides their feelings or urges by contracting it or underplaying it into a brief dream image or event. The meaning of this dream imagery may not be apparent or obvious.
Again you could view on the kitchen part of my dream here, by saying that my symbolization of the kitchen/mothering aspect could be viewed as a condensation.
5. Rationalization: This is seen as the final stage of dream work where the dreaming mind organizes an incoherent dream into one that is more comprehensible and logical. Also known as secondary revision.
Sadly there is no example of this in my dream, as I have no portrayal of this in my dream. This is sadly something that would have to be examined “on the chair” as I do not have any memories of the events in my dream.
Dreams are distant from my usual psychological past time, I general use Freudian psycho-analasys in my day to day psych-ing. So please do forgive me if you disagree with any of the comments I have made here. I have left a few out, as I didn’t want to into immense detail about my dream in this case, as I would have to reveal some of the more personal information about my own psyche, and being the introvert shy person that I am, I belive that people should not know too much about me. I like to keep the air of mystery surrounding my own mind, so as others cannot pass judgement.
Anyway!
This is a bit of a DIY article. I have given you a few hints and a few obvious tips about my dream, now I want you to go forth, spread your wings and fly to a greater understanding of your dreams & by doing that, hopefully a greater understanding of yourself’s.
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