Do you believe that your dreams have a meaning or that they are trying to tell you something?

Answer 1

I've tried to find meaning in them, but have never succeeded.

Answer 2

Not really. I'm thinking I'm going to be the odd one out in these answers but oh well. Sometimes a different opinion is good.

I believe dreams must have some purpose, because of what i've seen in research (in sleep deprivation studies, those who remained awake for long periods of time, began to hallucinate- effectively 'dreaming' whilst they were awake. This suggest that there is a reason for dreams).

However I don't look very deeply into my dreams and I'm not a fan of dream analysis. I don't think they have 'hidden meanings' and I don't think that you should over-think them or analyse them. For a start, people are all very individual and I don't think me dreaming about say a dog, would be the same as someone else dreaming about a dog. Plus, what people don't realise is our mind has a way of 'filling in the blanks' on things we cannot remember correctly, and I think that the majority of the time, people remember parts of a dream, but your mind organises it to make sense of it, wherein in reality your dream was likely alot more random.
But also, I don't think that our subconcious 'has a mind of it's own', in that it's trying to 'tell us' something. Your subconcious is a part of you, and it's not a seperate entity trying to talk to us.

I probably favour the activation-synthesis theory, which states that dreams are you brain mis-firing and sending out random signals. But I also think perhaps they are your mind working things out. Whilst we sleep our body rejuvinates itself, it makes sense that your mind would to. And whilst this 'reorgainising' is happening, it seems resonable our mind would be creating different things with our imagination.

Answer 3

some people do believe that your dreams carry the answers to your problems of course i don't find this neccessarily true in all cases I've had dreams that kinda predicted something for instince me and 4 other friends all had a similiar dream about getting into a fight at a party we were going to and true enough we did get into a fight that night but some of the details were the opposite of what happened like say you have a dream that includes one of your friends but in reality the dream you had involved a different friend I guess it really depends on how much you believe in stuff like that but I do know there are books out that help you learn how to analyze your dreams it might not hurt to check one out. then you can decide for yourself if your dreams hold actual meanings

Answer 4

Most dreams are based on experiences and, or current emotions in your life. Fear, stress, love, happiness and all other emotions affect what you dream. Of course there are those dreams that when you wake you remember clearly as if it where reality. These dreams are of the few that are not based on any of the previously mentioned materials. Dreams are hard to remember but when one dream is so shocking and causes such an impact that you actually remember it so vividly, then this would be the dreams that predict not the past but what is to come.

Answer 5

Dreams are the way of telling us the things that are going to happen to us that we should be aware of, or things that are bothering us and we dont even know of. I completely believe that they have a meaning, the work out things internally so we can have less stress and we should pay attention to them.

Answer 6

Dreams can be meaningful to us, and they can reveal aspects of ourselves to us, if we know how to think about them...

To understand a dream, it’s helpful to keep in mind why and how we dream. When we sleep, the body and perception systems are shut down, but the brain stem continues to fire and the cortex remains active. The thoughts that have been most active during waking hours—perceptions, experiences, thoughts and feelings, processed consciously or unconsciously—are still “peaked” and they associate with other images already linked in your cortex. In other words, the brain references this content, but not in a rational way, not using input from the external real world as in waking hours. So the story connectedness isn’t like everyday experience, but rather a strange flow from one image to the next. Therefore, dreams aren’t magical messages to guide our life, but sequences of associated images taken from everyday experiences - thoughts and feelings that matter a lot to us during our waking life. So it’s a mistake to apply one-size-fits-all symbols, such as Freudian meanings or standard “dreammoods” formulas. All you need to do is think about what kind of imagery it is and how it relates to your daily life.

Answer 7

It's been shown that infants dream even more than adults do. Since that's the case, I don't think that dreams have any special meanings. If they did, it would be pointless, because then infants wouldn't even be able to understand them.

Answer 8

Sometimes dream is a voice of your subconscious - and sometimes only brain needs to tidy up the memories, thoughts and images.

Answer 9

not sure, i haven't had a real successful dream since i was 8

Answer 10

If I believe mine, then they are trying to tell me I'm nuts and should be locked up!!!!!!