What do you think dreams really are?

Question

Do they mean something specific where you can read in a book the exact meaning, are they problems we can't resolve in a daily life (and nightmares the mind wanting us to confront our worst fears), predictions of the future, things that happened in the past, your imagination running wild or just silly thoughts in your head?
I have heard all these explanations.
What do you think about dreams?
Share your thoughts and dreams :)

Answer 1

Dreams as in hopes make us believe in ourselves and become something amazing.
Dreams while we sleep can be something that is related to the end,or when we die.

Answer 2

Ah, good question. We can only conjecture about it. My guess is that our dreams are a sort of playback on ...not our minds but our subconscious minds. Since our subconscious is 90 percent of our mind, and most of us suppress this or don't know about it, we think that our dreams are something else, some other entity when it's our own "hidden selves," those ideas we come across during the day that make an impact but that our conscious minds don't notice or don't feel is significant. Our subconscious only knows what we tell it and can't differentiate and hence is fed our fears, phobias, fantasies...and during the night, our subconscious takes over when our conscious mind is ...well unconscious...and it plays back what the conscious mind has fed it including nightmares. Careful what you think, you might just dream it.

Answer 3

I think they can be any of those things, except the first. We all have difference reference points for everything. We use different symbolism, so any sort of dream analysis that doesn't take this into account is sure to miss the mark.

I once told my therapist about a dream I had. I dreamed I was a prostitute, and my father was the pimp. I was making loads of money, which seemed like a good thing, but I was very unhappy. My therapist suggested that my father represented a different authority figure, in this case my boss. I was working a lot more hours than I wanted to, hence the prostitution. And I was making a lot of money with all that overtime, but I was tired and miserable. Once she said it, it was obvious, but I completely missed the meaning until she pointed it out. The next day I told my boss that I would no longer be available for overtime. He didn't like it, but he accepted it (I gave him no other option). I was much happier, and I finally had time to spend all that overtime pay I'd accumulated.

Answer 4

Dreams come from daily activities, media, actual events, material stuff like movie can also contribute to dreams.

However, most of the time it reveal personalities rather than from past life.

I have answered lots of dream questions. And I am shocked that I got so many accurate answers. I am no pyschological professional, but I just like this kind of things. I can't help calling myself dreamdoc. Anyway, I think dreams are dreams they do have hidden meanings, mostly about the dreamers!

Answer 5

I don't necesarily think your dreams are a vision of your future, or anything like that. But I don't think we should write off dreams so quickly.

Instead of viewing dreams as a prediction, we should use our dreams to benefit our waking selves. When we face our unconcious mind, we see the things we are really afraid of, and what's holding us back. We can interpret what we feel; you don't need books and websites to tell you what your dream "means"- you're the dreamer! Whatever you think it means, it means!

There are many recordings in history and scientific research today being done on Lucid Dreaming:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming

It is possible that when we face a problem knowingly in our dream state, we are more likely and confident to face it in our real life.
We should stop thinking of dreams as just omens and signs, and take a more active role in our psycology!

Answer 6

I actually think they are all those things. Except maybe the read the meaning in a book. Some dreams are your subconscience telling you something, you hate your job, you love your wife, you worry about your kids. Maybe even in a past life you experienced the things you dream of. I don't think anyone can explain dreams except the person dreaming it. It is their brain telling them something how can someone else know what it is saying????

Answer 7

I don't think there is a specific interpretation for all people who have the same dreams, but it seems to relate to the emotions, the people in them, the symbols and the environment ... are you stable, are you confused, are you afraid ... these things mean more than anything in a book. Keeping a dream journal might help and after awhile, you will start to know what your dreams mean.

Answer 8

I hope not because I have some CRAZY dreams!! There is rarely a morning that I can wake up and not say "you would not believe the dream I had last night"! They don't really have anything to do with people I know or light/dark fire/water stuff. They are just BIZARRE!! I am living proof that science doesn't know everything though. I can feel, taste, and see color in my dreams.

Answer 9

Dreams are just an amalgamation of previous life events strung together in non-sequential form. People have suggested that by studying your dreams you can learn more about yourself. There are books on dream analysis but again are just someone elses ideas on what they mean. The individual doing the dreaming is better off to analyze and place meaning or significance on it that anyone else might be.

Answer 10

I believe that dreams are your subconscious communicating with your conscious mind; relaying things that you registered during the day but for some reason or another couldn't quite process. The subconscious then tries to send messages through imagery. Imagine if you will two people who speak different languages trying to communicate through gestures while standing on stilts with big foam number 1 fingers on each hand. (Just one of my stranger dreams)

That's just one man's opinion, hope it helped you out.

Answer 11

I truly do believe dreams are our sub-conscious speaking to us. I find that my truest emotions or desires are played out in my dreams. I like my dreams because it helps me discover new things about myself. Your brain still remains active going over what has happened throughout the day. They say some of the best ideas have come to people as they sleep because they have had time to make connections they might have overlooked before.