Dream_Analysis__Wish-Fulfillment_Theory_Comparison_Example

Dream Analysis: Wish-Fulfillment Theory Comparison Example Day 6: 11/11/11 Time to sleep: pm- Time woke up: am Total hours slept: _ hours Comments: I was kind of worried about my classmate that I had seen in front of my house. Brief summary of the day: After school and work, my boyfriend and I went out to eat. After that, while in front of my house, I saw a friend of mine from school. We don’t really talk a lot but I was kind of concerned for him. He was pacing back and forth and had his hands on his head. Something was obviously wrong with him but I couldn’t tell what it was. As I approached him, I had asked him is everything okay. He looked up at me for a brief second, then nodded and said yes im fine. Knowing that wasn’t the case, I suggested that if he needed anything, I would be there for him. He just kept his head down, got in a car that was waiting on him, and left. ** “Blurry Vision” Dream 2 - Day 6** In this dream I was the participant. I was standing in the middle of the hallway of the Brookside Campus building. It was night time but the school was still open. No one was there but me-so I thought. I could only see straight down the hallway and everything else from my peripheral vision. My vision had been altered to the point where everything was blurry. Then suddenly, I could see someone running towards me but I didn’t know who the person was. The mood was almost confusing because of my altered vision. But I was able to recognize my location, time of day, and that someone was running to me. When the person got close enough I could see who he was-it was my classmate that I had seen that night! He then stopped running about a foot in front of me and everything in my view was still blurry-except him. He stared at me for a brief second, then said, “Thank you, _________” Then I woke up. Dreams as Wish-Fulfillment In the wish-fulfillment theory, Freud believes that every dream has an underlined meaning. This underlined meaning-which is known as the latent content-is interpreted into wishes and deep desires. Freud believes that though while lost in slumber, your mind forms its own storyline that the dreamer remembers when awaken. This storyline is known as the manifest content. These underlined messages can almost become a journal for hidden thoughts, emotions, and goals that are sometimes unattainable in actual life. Weather the dreams that occur are uneasy or quite pleasant; the meaning behind each one is specifically designed to pay close attention to. For they, may hold a key to your goals, aspirations, personal thoughts, and much more. In taking dream 2 from day 6 and applying it to the wish-fulfillment theory, it is easy to indicate where the relationship comes in. In wish-fulfillment there is a clear underlined message to each dream. To have a dream of blurred or distorted vision has a narrow variety of meanings. If while dreaming your vision is blurred, there is something you are refusing to recognize. This blurred dream can also signify secrecy and confusion. You might believe that a person is hiding something from you and the reason is unknown. As stated in my sleep log in day 6, I was concerned about my fellow classmate. He seemed to be troubled and I hadn’t known why. I was indeed confused as to what had been bothering him that night. The blurry vision signifies my confusion towards why he was feeling so down. It can also represent the feeling of him hiding his true feelings and emotions from me. The latent content of my dream would the confusion I felt and the latent content is the first thing I remember when I had awaken-him running towards me. The general meaning of this dream would be that I am confused on what my classmate is feeling. I also feel that he is hiding something from me that I wish to know.