![]() Dreams allow us to express these thoughts and feelings without censure. In it, Freud asserts that dreams are not simply meaningless ramblings of the mind (a common position of scientists of that time), but rather are “the royal road to the unconscious.” He theorized that all of us harbor desires that are often inappropriate and are thus repressed into the unconscious. In 1900, Sigmund Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams, a book that many scholars contend is his magnum opus. Indeed, for Freud, interpreting dreams played a vital role in unpacking the causes that underlie symptoms of mental illness in patients. ![]() You may have wondered, “Does it mean anything?” Freud would contend that dreams serve as a window into the unconscious. If you are anything like me, you can probably recall the occasional bizarre dream that just does not seem to make any sense. Today, I’ll focus more exclusively on Freud’s perspective on the relevance of dreams. In yesterday’s lesson, I introduced you to psychoanalysis and described the importance of both Free Association and dream interpretation in therapy sessions. “The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.” ―Sigmund Freud ![]() Episode #4 of the course The theories of Sigmund Freud by Psychology Insights Online ![]()
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