Chapter III Dreams are the Realization of Desires

Climbing mountains and wading alone, cutting through thorns; When he finally climbs up an open field with a wide field of vision and finds that the next journey is smooth, he'd better stop and think about what to do next [1].

Similarly, we are now on the way to learn "dream interpretation", and we should make such efforts at this time. Now, we have found the first light.

Dream, it is not groundless, meaningless, absurd, nor a part of conscious lethargy, but only a few products of early sleep and less waking. This is a completely meaningful spiritual phenomenon. Actually, the wish came true. It can be considered as a continuation of mental activities in a sober state. It is produced by highly complex intellectual activities. However, when we are proud of these discoveries, many problems also follow. If dreams are theoretically the so-called wish realization, how can this realization be explained in such a special and unusual way?

How much deformation has our dream consciousness undergone before it forms a dream image in our memory after waking up? How did these deformations occur?

Where does the dream material come from?

There are many characteristics in dreams, such as how the content is contradictory. Can dreams guide our inner spiritual activities? Can you correct our thoughts during the day? In my opinion, it's best to put aside this pile of problems for a while and focus on only one aspect. We find that dreams are the realization of wishes, and the next step is to decide. Is this a common feature of all dreams? Or that's just the special content of a dream we just analyzed (about injecting a horse). Because even if we come to the conclusion that "all dreams have their meaning and spiritual value", we still need to consider the possibility that "every dream has a different meaning". The first dream we have considered is the realization of our wishes, but it is very likely that the second dream is to discover hidden worries, the third dream is self-review, and the fourth dream is just to wake up memories.

Is there another dream besides a wish coming true? Or is this the only dream?

The "wish realization" represented by dreams is often undisguised and extremely obvious, which makes people wonder why dreams are only recently understood.

Some dreams, I can often experiment and do whatever I want. For example, I ate pickles or other salty food that night, and I would wake up with thirst at night. But before this "wake up", I often have a dream with the same content-I'm drinking water, and I'm drinking a big bowl of water, which tastes like my throat is cracked and tastes as good as cold ice water. Then I woke up and found that I really wanted to drink water. The reason for this dream is that I feel thirsty after waking up. This feeling causes the desire to drink water, and the dream tells me that it makes this desire come true, so it does have its function, and its essence I will mention soon. I usually sleep well and am not easily disturbed by physical needs; If I can quench my thirst with this dream of drinking water, I can wake up without thirst.

It is such a "convenient dream" that dreams replace actions. Unfortunately, however, the need to drink water to quench my thirst can't be satisfied by my dreams like my desire for revenge against Dr. M and Otto, but the motivation is the same. Not long ago, I had a slightly different dream. Before going to bed this time, I felt thirsty, so I drank the boiling water by the bed and went to bed.

But in the middle of the night, I felt sick because of thirst. If I want to drink more water, I have to get up and get a teacup from a small chair beside my wife's bed. Therefore, I dreamed that my wife brought me water from an urn. I bought and collected this urn from Etruria, an ancient country in western Italy.

However, the water tastes salty (maybe there are ashes in it! ) That I had to wake up. Dreams are so understanding. Because the realization of a wish is the only goal of a dream, its content is likely to be completely selfish. In fact, it is difficult to covet comfort without conflict with caring for others. Dreaming of the urn is probably another wish come true. It's a pity that I can't have that urn any more, just like a teacup on my wife's bedside. I can't get it now. Moreover, this jar is very suitable for the salty taste in my dreams, so it can wake me up [2].

When I was a child, this kind of "convenient dream" often happened. At that time, I often worked late into the night, so getting up in the morning became a deadly task for me. So in the early morning, I often dream that I have got up and am refreshed, instead of worrying about not getting up, so that I can continue to sleep soundly. A hospital colleague who was as sleepy as me had the same dream, and his dream was even more absurd and interesting.

He rented a room not far from the hospital, and the landlord would wake him up at a fixed time every morning. One morning, while this guy was sleeping soundly, the landlord knocked at the door again. "Mr. Energetic, get up!" Time to go to the hospital. "So, he had the following dream: he was lying on the bed in the hospital ward with a medical record hanging on his head, which read" Pepi ". M, a medical student, was 22 years old, so he turned over and fell asleep again. Afterwards, he admitted that the motivation for this dream is nothing more than dozing off [3]!

Another example: one of my female patients once had an unsuccessful jaw operation and was told by the doctor to apply cold compress to her sick cheek every day. However, once she falls asleep, she often tears off all the cold compresses.

One day, she took off her compress in her sleep, so I said a few words to her. Unexpectedly, she had the following excuse: I really didn't have a choice this time, which was completely caused by my dream at night. In my dream, I was in the box of the opera house, singing with rapt attention. It suddenly occurred to me that Mr. Meyer was lying in a nursing home, suffering from jaw pain. I said to myself, "since I have no pain myself, I don't need these cold compresses, so I threw them away." The poor patient's dream reminds me that when we are in an unhappy situation, we often say, "All right!

Then I'll think of something more pleasant "And this dream is this kind of" happy thing ".

As for Mr Meyer, whom the patient called a sore chin, he was just a friend she happened to think of.

In some healthy people, I can easily collect some dreams of "wish realization". A friend who knows my dream theories well once explained them to his wife.

One day he said to me, "My wife dreamed that her period came again last night. You probably know this very well!" " "Of course, I know very well that when a young lady dreams that her period is coming, it actually stops. It can be imagined that she really wants to get rid of a period of time and has no burden of having children. Another friend wrote to tell me that his wife recently dreamed that her coat was covered with milk, which was actually a precursor to pregnancy. But this is not their first child, but this young mother. How she hopes that this upcoming second child can have more milk than the first child.

A young woman has been unable to participate in social activities for a long time because she has been in the isolation ward all the year round, taking care of her infectious children. She once had a dream that her son was recovering. She is with many writers, including Dodd, Bogart, Proft and others, and they are all very kind to her.

In the dream, these people's faces are exactly the same as her collection of portraits. Proft, this person's appearance, she is not familiar with, but it looks like the first person to enter this ward for disinfection from the outside for a long time. Obviously, this dream can be interpreted as: "It will no longer be boring nursing work, and a happy day is coming!"

These collections seem to show that no matter how complicated dreams are, most of them can be interpreted as the realization of wishes, and even the contents are often visible and undisguised. Most of them are short dreams, which are in sharp contrast to those complicated dreams, so that dream interpreters need to spend special brains to study.

However, as long as you are willing to discuss these shortest dreams again, you will find it really worthwhile.

I think children's psychological activities are simpler than those of adults, so what they do in MUBI is simpler. And according to my experience, just as we study the structural development of lower animals to understand the structure of higher animals, we should be able to discuss the psychology of children more to understand the psychology of adults.

Unfortunately, however, few people of insight can use the study of children's psychology to achieve this goal.

Children's dreams are often simple wishes [4], so they are more boring than adults' dreams. However, although they won't cause any big problems, they provide us with priceless evidence that the essence of dreams is the realization of wishes. I have collected many such dreams from my own children.

1896 In the summer, when my family went hiking in Holstadt, my eight-and-a-half-year-old daughter and my five-year-old son both had a dream. I must explain first that we lived on a hill near Lake Austin that summer. When the weather is clear, we can see Mount Dach. If we add a telescope, we can see Simon's cabin on the mountain more clearly.

Children somehow like to look at this telescope every day.

Before hiking, I explained to the children that our destination, Holstadt, is located at the foot of the big river. They are particularly excited about it. When Holstadt once again entered Yersi Qian Shan Valley, the children were even more delighted with the changing scenery.

But the five-year-old man is getting impatient. As soon as he saw the mountain, he asked, "Is that Daheshan?" And my answer is always: "no, it's still a hill under Dache Mountain." After asking this question several times, he was silent and refused to climb the stone steps with us to see the waterfall. At that time, I thought he was tired enough. Unexpectedly, the next morning, he came to tell me cheerfully: "Last night, I dreamed that we came to Simone's cabin." I understand now that when I said I was going to Dache Mountain, his heart was full of the idea that he would be able to cross the mountains from Holstadt with a telescope every day to reach his dream Simone cabin. Once he learned that he could only end up with a waterfall at the foot of the mountain, he was too disappointed and dissatisfied. But the dream compensated him. At that time, I tried to ask the details of this dream again, and he only said, "You only need to climb the stone steps for six hours to get there."

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During this hiking trip, my eight-and-a-half-year-old daughter also had some lovely wishes, which were realized through her dreams. On this trip to Holstadt, we brought our neighbor 12-year-old boy Emil. The child is very gentle, very gentlemanly, and quite popular with my daughter. The next morning, she told me, "Dad! I dreamed that Emily was a member of our family. He called you "father" and "mother" and slept in the big berth with our boys. Soon, my mother came in and threw a hand full of chocolate lollipops wrapped in blue and green paper under our bed. "

My little boy, this guy, I obviously didn't give him any truth about dream interpretation. Just like the writer I mentioned before, it is ridiculous to scold his sister's dream. And my daughter is still trying to defend part of her dream. At this time, if we look at this part from the perspective of mental illness theory, what is she fighting for?

She said, "It is absurd to say that Emily is a member of my family, but it makes sense about chocolate lollipops."

The latter part really puzzled me, and later my wife gave me a reasonable explanation. It turned out that on the way home from the station, the children stopped in front of the vending machine and clamored to buy chocolate lollipops wrapped in metallic paper, just like their daughter dreamed. But the wife thinks that this day is enough for them to have fun, so leave this wish to their dreams!

And this episode that I didn't notice, through what my wife said, everything in my daughter's dream, I easily understood. That day, I heard my little gentleman walking in front of me and shouting to my daughter, "Go slowly, and wait until' Dad' and' Mom' come up."

My daughter turned this temporary relationship into permanent naturalization in her dream. In fact, her daughter's feelings are only intimacy in her dreams, not the kind that her brother condemns her and that little boy as friends forever. But why did you put the chocolate lollipop under the bed? Of course, it is impossible to understand its meaning without asking the child.

My friend once told me a dream like my son's, which was an eight-year-old girl's dream. Her father took several children hiking in Lombardy, hoping to go to Lauraire's cabin again, but because it was too late, he turned back halfway and promised the children to come again next time. But on the way home, they saw a road sign to Hami. The children clamored to go to Hami, but similarly, her father only promised them to take them another day. The next morning, the little girl excitedly told her father, "Dad, I dreamed last night that you took me to Lauraire cabin and went to Hami." So in the dream, her impatience contributed to the early realization of her father's promise.

Also, when my daughter was three years old and three months old, her dream about the charming scenery of Lake Austin was equally wonderful. This little guy, when we first took her to swim around the lake, maybe it was because she landed too fast, but she was not satisfied. She cried and made a scene.

The next morning, she told me, "I dreamed that I was wandering on the lake last night." I hope this dream trip will make her more satisfied!

My eldest son, when he was eight years old, had already dreamed of realizing his fantasy. When he read the Greek myth given to him by his sister with great interest that night, he dreamed that he would go to war with Achilles in a chariot driven by Diomedes.

If I can count children's conversations in the field of dreams, I will take the following passage as my earliest collection material. When my youngest daughter was only 19 months old, she vomited badly one morning and was not fed all day. And that night, I heard her inarticulate dream: "Anna. Freud, Cao, in this way, she used her own name to bring out all the things she wanted to eat, and these dishes are all her favorite foods, which are not allowed by her current health, and Hu Shi has repeatedly warned against eating these foods containing too many nutrients. So she vented her dissatisfaction in her dream [6].

When we say that children are happy because they have no sexual desire, we should not ignore that children also have a lot of disappointment, abandonment and dream stimulation caused by other life impulses [7].

This is another example.

My nephew, when he was twenty-two months old, was asked to wish me a happy birthday and give me a small basket of cherries on my birthday (at that time, the output of cherries was very small and extremely expensive). He never thought of throwing away that small basket. However, he still knows how not to let himself suffer. The trick is this: he once told her mother every morning that he dreamed that an officer in a white military robe whom he once envied in the street would come to see him again, but the next day when he reluctantly gave me the basket of cherries, he woke up and happily announced, "That officer ate all the cherries."

I don't know what dreams animals have. But I remember a student once told me a proverb: "What does a goose dream of?" The answer is, "corn."

(Author's Note: Frenchy once recorded the Hungarian proverb "What do pigs dream of?" "Sue." ) Dreams are a set of theories about the realization of wishes, which can be summarized in almost two sentences [9].

Now we can simply see the true meaning hidden in our dreams in very simple words. It is true that there is no lack of irony and contempt for dreams in proverbs and wisdom notes, just as scientists say that dreams are like bubbles, but as far as spoken English is concerned, dreams are indeed wonderful "realization of wishes." When we find that the facts are unexpected and exciting, can we not help but sigh "I dare not think so even in the most absurd dreams"?

[1] In a letter written to Fleece on August 6, 899, Freud made the following statement in the opening remarks of this book: "This book is very rambling. From the beginning of the first chapter, people can see the authoritative views of various factions. At this time, readers feel as if they are in a dark forest, and then, "it is another village." I used a special dream to describe its details, gradually guiding readers to a highland, broadening their horizons and asking: which way do you want to continue?

[2] Wittgenstein also deeply understands this thirsty dream. He once wrote: "thirst is more real than other feelings, and it often brings the idea of quenching thirst." In dreams, thirst can be solved in various ways, most of which are based on recent memories. There is another similarity: once you quench your thirst, you will find that this hypothetical solution is not satisfactory. " Wei Gende didn't notice that this response to dream stimulation can be applied to all dreams. People who are thirsty but don't have this dream may not be able to overthrow my experiment. Let's just say they slept worse than me.

[3] This dream comes from a letter written by Freud 1895 to Wool on March 4, which can be regarded as the earliest record of his dream to illustrate his wishes.

[4] This point was supplemented in 19 1 1 year. Gesamelte Schrift (1925) mentioned: "Experiments show that modified dreams that need to be reinterpreted can often be seen by children aged four or five, which is also in line with our theory about the conditions required for dream modification."

[5] On the outskirts of Vienna.

[6] Not long after, the little girl's grandmother also had this gluttonous dream. The sum of grandma's age and her age is exactly seventy years old. ) She fasted for a day because of kidney is not good. That night, she returned to her happy childhood, and she was invited out to eat, all of which were some of the most delicious dishes.

The little girl's dream was written to wool shortly after it happened. )

[7]191/year Note: From the further study of children's psychology, the sexual instinct in infancy does have a great influence on children's psychological activities. This aspect is often overlooked. In fact, childhood happiness is often not as simple as adults think. Refer to Freund's "Three Theories of Sexology".

[8]191/year Note: Children will gradually develop more complicated and difficult dreams in the future. On the contrary, adults sometimes have very simple dreams similar to those of infancy. Dreams of four-or five-year-old children are often rich in material, such as My Analysis of a Five-year-old Boy's Phobia and Dreams published by Young 199 1 year.

19 14 years note: on the analysis of children's dreams, Please refer to the works of Hugh Helmut (19119 13), Putamen (19 12) and Wan Larte (. Other reports include bianchieri (19 1 2) buseman (1999,191).

Dolgia & Bianchieri (1912) and Wigam (1999) particularly emphasize "the realization of wishes". 19 1 1 year's note: On the other hand, adults also have some baby-like dreams in some unusual external environments. 1994, OtoNordenskjold recorded such a passage during his winter in Antarctica: "All members of our expedition found that their dreams during this time were particularly novel and rich in content. Whenever we wake up in the morning and exchange views with each other, we will always find that those who are far away from the world have infinite expectations and imagination for the past life. One of our team members even dreamed that he went back to the classroom and his old job of carving seals for the school.

But most dreams are inseparable from eating and drinking.

A guy dreamed that he ate three banquets in a row that night, and he was so drunk. Another heavy smoker dreamed of a mountain full of tobacco leaves, which was inexhaustible. Some people even dreamed that an icebreaker came in.

Others had a better dream, dreaming that the postman sent a lot of mails, explaining that he had sent the wrong address, so he was delayed until now. Of course, there are many more absurd dreams, and always find something impossible.

But most importantly, these dreams seem simple and lack change. From these dreams, we can clearly see how much we are looking forward to sleeping, because only when we are asleep can so many wishes be realized. Notes from 19 14: dupre wrote in 1885: "When Mungo Parker was sailing in Africa, he was thirsty and dreamed of the Toyota in Ganquan, his hometown. Similarly, BaronTrenck is locked in Magdeberg's prison, and when he is hungry, he dreams of delicious food. George Baker, who took part in Franklin's first task force, was on the verge of hunger and dreamed that he had plenty of food and clothing every day.

[9] 19 14 years Note: I never thought that I was the first person to discover that dreams are generated by wishes (refer to the introduction in the next chapter). In fact, this problem can be traced back to Dr. Herod Filos in the Egyptian Ptolemy I Soter era.

1868, Bi Xuanxu divided dreams into three categories: dreams entrusted by gods, psychological images naturally produced by one's own mind, and images transformed by one's own will. 19 13 years, Staehl also noticed an example of the wish realization in Chenell's collection.

186 1 year, Sinaire wrote: "The dreamer, because the emotional component of that wish is very obvious in his mind, can make the dreamer use his imagination to realize it at once."

At that time, Chenel classified this kind of dreams as "dreams of mood". In addition, in his classification, there are two kinds of dreams, namely "erotic dreams" and "bad temper dreams" between men and women. There is no doubt that Scheiner has seen the importance of "desire" in his dream here.

[10]1916-1kloc-0/7 The eighth lecture of Freund's Introduction discussed children's dreams in detail. Other people were also mentioned in the third part of his 199 1 year paper on dreams.