Are dreams really worth interpreting?

Question

Or are they just a minds subconscious at play while we sleep?

Answer 1

I've done a bit of reading on it. There is a lot of symbolism in dreams. To understand them you have to understand yourself and what certain symbols mean to you. There are various books on the subject and many people of many different cultures follow adopt them in a similar interpretation. However a thing to be aware of is that they are like looking at a painting.... Where often only the artist will understand the context. So interpreting them can be hard so I'd personally just stick to being honest with my conscience self.

Answer 2

The only time I try to figure out a dream is if it is reoccurring or for some reason stands out and is real troubling to me. Then I feel I need to make since out of it otherwise most of my dreams I tend to forget shortly after waking up. Have a good one:-)

Answer 3

I think in general, dream interpretation is ridiculous. If you read dream interpretation books, they are always really far out there. At most, they might give insight to your emotional state when you went to bed (i.e. stressed, worried, angry) but I'm sure that would be no big surprise.

Answer 4

I think they are. It's certainly worth investigating into. I keep a dream journal and go back a few days later to see what I can get out of them. Some of my dreams have been very fortuitous.

Answer 5

Never believe a dream: read on:

Young Paddy’s Dream.

‘Dad’ said young Paddy, at breakfast time,
‘I had a bad dream and woke up cryin’,
Your mother, my Granny, she died last night,
The dream seemed so real, that I got a bad fright’.

‘You can’t believe dreams’ answered his dad,
‘It might have seemed real, and made you feel sad,
But Granny is healthy, so there’s no need to fret,
The dream it was caused, by something you ate’.

The telephone rang, bad news from dad’s brother,
‘It’s terrible John, it’s about your old mother,
She died in her sleep, she suffered no pain,
The funeral’s not fixed, so I’ll ring you again’.

The following morning, was just like the last,
Young Paddy is saddened, he looks so downcast,
‘I dreamt of Aunt Kate, and that she died too,
I hope Uncle Pete doesn’t phone to tell you’.

‘Too much coincidence’ stresses his dad,
The phone doesn’t ring, he is ever so glad,
However, the postman, he drops in a letter,
Aunt Kate, she is ill, and she may not get better.

Aunt Kate, she died too, the Lord rest her soul,
Old Dad, he is worried, Young Pad’s on a roll,
‘The odds against that’ Dad says under his breath,
‘Must be fifty to one, if I’d had a bet’.

The third morning came, Dad waits with alarm,
Young Paddy comes down, Dad puts on the charm,
‘Well son’ he asks Paddy, ‘have you any bad news’
Pad looks, but don’t speak, as he puts on his shoes.

‘I dreamt’ Paddy says, ‘of an old black crow,
That sat on my bed, and spoke soft and low,
He told me my dad, would die today,
I’m sorry for you dad, are you going away?’

Dad couldn’t speak, he said not a word,
He drove off to work, his vision seemed blurred,
He kept out of trouble, he just couldn’t think,
Then straight back home, with not one single drink.

‘What a horrible day’ , Dad said to his wife,
‘Had a terrible time, was afraid for my life,
‘And what about me’ the wife holds her head,
‘The milkman he slipped, broke his neck, and is dead.

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Answer 6

dreams can reflect what you are worried about in real life at times. But, sometimes they don't make any sense at all

Answer 7

Yes, they are. Many times, it reveals your personalities, your fear and your concern about life and your inner self.

Answer 8

some of them are

Answer 9

according to freud, most dreams are wishes..............