Dream Orientation And Motivation Attachment Strategies

Dreams are something all humans share in common and they manifest the realization of our lives. They have a great influence over our essence and can provide colossal amounts of courage and strength to accomplish our greatest desires. However, when we do not have dreams to fight for our lives become meaningless and sorrowful, nevertheless this is the situation many people face throughout their lives. Broken dreams have become a popular theme among writers because a connection can be made with the theme and because there one’s truth can be faced. Whether dreams are forgotten or unaccomplished, there is a theory by philosopher Carl Jung that states, “Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on

Dream content reflects aspects of waking-life experiences. After memories are made, they are often fragmentally merged with other information to construct larger, holistic dreams. Autobiographical memories are predominantly represented in dreams in comparison to episodic and semantic memories. Among various characteristics from waking-life experiences such as places, people, and events, emotions are highly incorporated into dream content. There is also a decreasing relationship between the cognitive demand of an activity and the frequency in which that activity occurs in dreams. Dreams tend to include material from experiential memories and events from the preceding day as well as experiences from 5-7 days prior. The recurrence of memory content in dreams seems to support the hypothesis that dreaming helps with memory consolidation, or particularly the content which is reflected in dreams.

Dreams give people a reason to work hard and have something to look forward to in life. They are a great motivation tool that helps people look past tough times they have to work through and look forward to the good things to come. Motivation influences the level of interest and effort given to tasks, and it is essential in maintaining an individual’s performance (Reference,

Dream analysis has undeniable benefits within the realm of therapy, but is by no means restricted to use in therapy. Details in dreams can represent larger ideas in a person’s life, details which can uncover the truth. A person’s dreams are knit very closely with that person’s thoughts, morals, and life. Therefore, dreams speak truth about a person; these truths can be the key that opens closed doors. Vital memories seemingly lost can be re-acquired through dream work which can improve everyday life.

Oprah Winfrey once said, “The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.” But, what actually is a dream and what do dreams really have to do with one’s everyday life? In essence, a dream is a series of mental images and emotions occurring during slumber. Dreams can also deal with one’s personal aspirations, goals, ambitions, and even one’s emotions, such as love and hardship. However, dreams can also give rise to uneasy and terrible emotions; these dreams are essentially known as nightmares. In today’s society, the concept

Dreams originally were admired as being a source of knowledge, giving information to the dreamer about their present and future prospects. The dreams held secrets, but it was not always easy to access them as you needed an interpreter to discover the hidden meanings. After the dreams were read, only then they would properly belong to the dreamer. This was the theory long before Freud, but then a new understanding of dreams came to show that a dream was more about one’s past then their future. This meaning ‘that dreams were a symbol to your future’ was to inform us what was yet to come in your life. Also that your path in life had already been written out for us to for fill. A great example of this is the story of ‘Oedipus’ because his fate

The subtopic that I will be analyzing is the Continuity Hypothesis. This theory states that the content of our dreams reflects our everyday waking experiences. For example, the people we see on a daily basis such as our family, close friends, or coworkers are usually the main characters in our dreams. This theory suggests that since the recent experiences of your life are not yet ‘filed away’ deep in your brain yet, they are easy to manipulate into clear images and plot lines. In 1972, this hypothesis was presented by Calvin Hall, an American psychologist. He was the first dream researcher to suggest that the daily concerns and happenings of the dreamer’s life could be mirrored in their dreams as opposed to the popular belief that hidden libidinal (the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id) wishes or offsetting emotional strategies as proposed by psychodynamic theorists like Freud and Jung. Hall devised this theory through standardized dream content scoring inventories. He used this method to demonstrate that the most frequently occurring images or ideas were not peculiar events but rather routine social interactions between the dreamer and their most regular acquaintances.

The autobiographical memories work differently when one is awake, as opposed to sleeping. There have been numerous studies done on dreaming and the effect someone’s memory may have on it. One study found that when an alteration occurs in a person dreams that it is often a reflection of the person and the changes they have made to themselves. It is also believed that life goals will have an impact on someone’s dreams. During this study period, Grywacz did a study on university students to determine how often they dreamed, how much they slept, how much of their dreams did they remember, and if they believe that they are a spontaneous and excitable person. It was found that men typically remember more dreams. Most negative dreams that participants experienced were something that occurred in their life within the recent past. There were very few participants that experienced any dreams from their early childhood (five years and younger). Some of participants dreams were related to their future, with various amounts of them being positive, negative, and neutral. The majority of dreams linked back to a point of the participant’s

Dreams are interpreted differently by people, from time to time it won 't have any importance in human life . However, in other occasions a dream could influence a personal life. Feelings can be a powerful tool to affect a person with their dreams. Anger, happiness, and sadness are the most influential feelings in my point of view. The majority of dreams are forgotten; They influence people to react in a certain way. For example, during class it was informed that at least 86% of people are dreaming during REM dreams " hallucinations of the sleeping mind"(pg 105). This dreams can be detailed so clear, that it can be confused with reality.

Dreams have been a source of fascination for a long time and Sigmund Freud offers great insight on this matter. In the story reality becomes harsh for Peyton Farquhar, he becomes aware that his life is coming to an end Peyton’s dreams act as an escape from reality for him , fulfilment of wish, a reality he’d rather have but he can’t. Freud's ideas give us a greater knowledge on the power of our mind as Peyton’s mind chooses to ignore reality as his last resort. This is relatable to all of us as we all use dreams as an optimistic function to fulfil certain desires we could not achieve otherwise, in order to make reality easier to cope with.

Dreams that have been overlooked can creep back into a person’s thoughts and plague the mind. They can give an almost draining effect if they are left to parish, instead of pursued. Theories arise from what could have been, and perhaps what should have been if only there had been more attention or effort directed toward these dreams. Surely it is easy to touch lightly on this subject, but to go in depth about what other possibilities are present and the intricate ways a deferred dream can influence thoughts and the mind can bring greater understanding. Exploring further shows just how powerful dreams truly are.

Malinowski and Horton, researchers of dream continuity, look into how dreams reflect continuity to the dreamer’s real-life behaviors, in addition to when this happens in the process of sleep: early or late-night dreams. The researchers note that dreams that occur near the beginning of sleep could be significantly influences by the experiences that have occurred just a few hours before sleep. In addition, it is also emphasized that even though dreams that occur later in sleep tend to have more emotionality, this is not necessarily an outcome. The outcome could be a result of having a continuous dream that contains walking life experiences. It is argued that there might be additional variables which impact the differences of emotionality in early

We are always trying to decipher our dreams in one way or another. Are our dreams tied to our emotions? Are they triggered by random thoughts? What are the meaning of our dreams or do they not mean anything? This longitudinal study is going to help us answer some of those questions. There have been several studies throughout the years regarding dreams states, but this study is the first published in 2006 that reviews the correlation between dream content and psychological well-being (Pesent & Zadra, 2006). Please follow along as we review this important study.

The information-processing theory doesn’t answer the question of why people dream of things they have not experienced. The theory of dreams a being physiological function does not explain why people have meaningful dreams. The neural activation does not take into account that the stories the brain weaves still tell us something about the dreamer. Also, the cognitive development theory does not address the neuroscience of dreams. However, the purpose of dreams can be a divine revelation of the future, or instructions from

We are always trying to decipher our dreams in one way or another. Are our dreams tied to our emotions? Are they triggered by random thoughts? What are the meaning of our dreams or do they not mean anything? This longitudinal study is going to help us answer some of those questions. There have been several studies throughout the years regarding dreams states, but this study is the first published in 2006 that reviews the correlation between dream content and psychological well-being (Pesent & Zadra, 2006). Please follow along as we review this important study.