Dream interpretation according to psychoanalysis. What do your dreams mean? What do those symbols in dreams are trying to tell you about yourself and your life? Let’s try to decode the language of your subconscious mind.
Deciphering dreams has always fascinated me. When we dream, our subconscious mind alerts us to a particular problem. Dreams use visual clues and hidden messages; a kind of code we have to analyse to understand the message. Dreams draw our attention to aspects of our life that need fixing. In…
In the waking world, ghosts are typically seen as frightening creatures sent to scare us. So does this mean that a dream about ghosts is a kind of warning from our subconscious? Not necessarily. It all depends on your situation and what is going on in your real life. To…
Anyone who has woken from a dream in which they murdered someone knows how distressing it can be. It doesn’t matter whether you killed someone or you witnessed a killing in the dream. Either way, it’s traumatic. So what do dreams about killing someone mean? Interpreting Dreams about Killing Someone…
Dreams about birds can have a whole range of different meanings. It all depends on the type of bird, what the bird was doing, how many of them there were and so on. Generally speaking, dreams about flying birds represent freedom or a longing to be free. Then, there’s the…
Some dreams are so vivid and intense that we think surely, they must mean something. Well, Freud certainly thought so. But in order to analyse our dreams, we need to find the hidden meaning, in other words, the latent content. Dream analysis and latent content For us to understand dream…
Have you ever been convinced that you’d woken up from sleep, but in fact, you were still dreaming? If so you might have experienced a false awakening. A false awakening happens when the dreamer wakes up during their dream only to realise they are still dreaming and wake up later on.…
Tornadoes are one of nature’s most frightening and dramatic phenomena. They twist and turn and cause horrendous devastation wherever they go. So what exactly do dreams about tornadoes mean? What Do Dreams about Tornadoes Mean? As with all dream interpretation, the context of the dream is as important as the…
Dreams about stairs are generally an indication of how you are proceeding through life. As with most dreams, going up is a sign of success, whereas going down signifies setbacks or failures. Interpreting Dreams about Stairs Of course, as with any attempt to interpret a dream, the dreamer must take…
Have you been dreaming of earthquakes recently? Normally this is a very rare dream, but several people I’ve spoken to recently reported having this dream. So what does an earthquake dream mean? Let’s find out. How to Interpret Your Earthquake Dream 9 General Meanings of Earthquake Dreams If you live…
Dreaming about the ocean can be relaxing, exhilarating or downright terrifying. To understand dreams about the ocean, you have to look at the condition and the context of the ocean. However, as a rule of thumb, oceans represent our emotions, often hidden deep within our subconscious. So whenever you are…