Dream Interpretation Website

My question to you:
Can dreams really be interpreted, do they mean anything, and should we act differently based upon them?

I will post my opinion if this topic gets interesting.


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If you go witht he Freud theory, basically all of our dreams are about sex and agression.

On the entirely different end of the spectrum...you've got the activation synthesis theory.

This says that dreams are the result of random electrical brain impulses that pull imagery from experience stored in the memory. These images don't form the stories that we remember as our dreams. Instead, our waking minds, in trying to make sense of the imagery, create the stories without our even realizing it -- simply because the brain wants to make sense of what it has experienced.

I like the last one...just cuz I think it's a cool concept

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I see we're both crazy, that's alright with me
The night was kind of hazy that's the way it's gonna be
I say now
Hey girl, come with me and let yourself go

Dreams only show you what you know, not something that you're unfamiliar with, which is why I don't think you can actually foresee your future.

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Switching subjects....
My main question though, with dream interpretation, is how do we KNOW one thing represents another for sure? Like how do we know an umbrella equals sex or whatever. Who came up with the "this equals this." to begin with?

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"Though we're strangers till now
We're choosing the path between the stars
I'll leave my love between the stars"
-'As the World Falls Down' Labyrinth

The weird part is that lately, the dream has even included me realizing that I had previously dreamt this situation. And it even includes my reaction to this realization. And, these occurences are getting longer in duration. It's really odd, but I think that dreams sometimes do mean something.

It hasn't helped me pass a test, yet, though

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government royally screws you over big time. Oh, wait....

For example, last night I had a dream that I may or may not post about in a minute, but anyway, it included 2 (among many other) things: rose-coloured warnings on LW for people who've been extra-nice and a striking similarity to the computer game Black and White. I was thinking about B&W the other day and thought that it would be cool to play it again and also I sent a message to a member saying how fabulous her ehelp responses are, so in that situation I'd have issued a rose-coloured warning. It's basically what I'm thinking about at the time.

I think that things like that are pretty common. I don't buy all the symbolism stuff ('dreaming of blue shows that you are hopeful for the future' and whatnot) but I do think that some things can mean others (like dreaming about losing your teeth showing a bad self-image).

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You love me because I like daffodils because they are yellow
But I do not like daffodils because they are yellow

An example...this past week, I had no fewer than five dreams over the course of three days that involved me going on vacation. It was (and is) pretty clear to me that something (my subconscious, God, who knows?) was telling me that I need a break from my very stressful job (which has been consuming my life).

I don't really think that dreams can foretell the future, but I do honestly think that they often provide insight into our waking lives.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

Of course I don't think that has anything to do with the future, or has something to do with my life.

But then there are those dreams when you dream about someone who you have feelings for. I've also had one of these, In this dream, she broke up with her boyfriend for me. I know this wouldn't make too much sense, but after waking up and thinking it out, I realized that it was time for me to let go because she was happy. So I told her about my dream, and that was that.

It all really depends on the dream.

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Pretty much all dreams are associative. Using exceedinglyrare's example, if you're stressed and you associate going on holiday with being "un-stressed", then you might dream about going on holiday and enjoying it.

Dream interpretation websites are bullshit because they allow no room for you to express your thoughts and feelings in a constructive manner.

To answer RachLeigh13's question, there's no such thing in dream analysis as "this equals fear and so you're afraid, this equals anger so you're angry" etc.

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