Published by: Emma d’andria

Dreams are a broad topic; they can be seen as many things for different people. Some like Jung believe that it is the subconscious attempting to communicate with the conscious, Freud instead believes that dreams are driven by repressed and unconscious urges, such as sexual instincts, and in neuroscience, it is seen as a bunch of memories taped together in a movie as a way for us not to go blind. 

“My personal project was to look into these theories and determine what I think dreams are. My conclusion was that dreams are a way for us to understand ourselves whether it is just our body/brain trying to express something it can't while we are conscious or to allow us to live in a limitless world even if it's just for a few hours just to recharge and keep our emotions in check.”

Emotions are highly correlated to dreams. Scientifically sleep is a way to recharge; it is why there are sayings like "A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.” it's not wrong people almost always feel better after a nap but why is that true? What is happening whilst you are sleeping? 

“I kept wondering how dreams could be so random and yet too specific to be just a bunch of memories sown together... So what is it? Are dreams a possible bridge between the subconscious and the conscious?”

A fish. What do you think a fish could symbolise? By asking  this question around school it resulted in different answers. Some said they think a fish symbolises freedom, others drowning, and some even said good luck or money. 

These are interpretations of what a fish could represent. Different ages, different backgrounds, and different lifestyles will affect how you interpret the fish. 

Dreams have been a big mystery for centuries, people used to believe that dreams were a message from the gods or a vision of some sort, Queen Victoria thought that dreams were just certain foods that made you dream some unrealistic dreams. Phrases like “you may be an undigested bit of beef, a fragment of underdone potato” were said when odd dreams were brought to people’s attention. 

Dreams are an intimate part of us. People interpreting will never get it to the exact mark and the only reason for that is that they aren't you. 

Dreams aren't anything but a simple letter to be decoded; it's as if the person writing the letter knows you, and uses symbols only you would make the connection to. It's why things like dream dictionaries are not something we can trust. How is a book supposed to know how every single person will react to different symbols?