Alyse Tait
Anna M. Mertz
DRE 097
2 October 2014
Benefits of Long Distance Relationships
For many people, dreams are the most interesting subject to think about. They have many underlying messages that are due to feelings that people hide in the back of their minds. There are many different types of dreams. According to Micu they are, “Revealing unconscious desires, primitive anxieties, archaic conflicts, and dreams can often be their metaphorical elaboration, but other times they can be a symptomatic manifestation” (Micu, 80). There are multiple positive assets that come from knowing what a dream is symbolizing, three of the most important are knowing how to deal with repressed emotions or memories, learn coping strategies, and increased individual happiness. As Micu points out, “The dream characterizes a very particular state of mind when the individual’s consciousness is suspended. This doesn’t make them any less credible in the message they convey but it does make them more difficult to decipher and often harder to accept, taking into account that part of the message of the dream was once conscious but it was repressed, and the other part never made it to consciousness” (Micu, 80). Dreams are very complex but are like a whole other world to people. Some look at dreaming as an escape from reality, others are terrified to fall asleep due to nightmares and even night terrors. Micu shares, “Perhaps one of the most significatnt ideas conducted by Frued was that “nothing is arbitrary or undetermined in the psychic life” (Frued, pg152). Frued’s entire work is a remarkable demonstration of the fact that symptoms, dreams, lapses have extremely complex determinations, that often have unexpected ramifications and roots in the unconscious” (Micu, 81). One does not understand the importance of a dream until it is explained or broke down. Many have the same dreams