12. dreams: introduction

Question 1

sleep mentation vs the classic dream

Answer 1

any form of internal subjective experience that occurs during sleep and that the dreamer remember upon awakening

the “classic” dream: a more precise subset of mental activity during sleep and generally refers to a form of complex mental activity

Question 2

asclepios (god of medecine) way to cure people

Answer 2

You take psychadelics like substances.

You sleep on a temple with a bunch of snakes under the floor. Snakes have psychic power to connect with the gods. Hoping gods like Asclepios will show up in the dream to heal you or give you a prescription. If god didn’t show up, tell the priest what your dream was. And the priest prescribes you a treatment depending on your dream.

Question 3

Tibetan dream yogas

Answer 3

Dreams are in your head, about you. Possibility of gaining full awareness of your own mind without distraction

For them, dreaming in as in between state between life and death. Practice towards enlightenment

Question 4

according to freud, what are the 2 functions of dreams

Answer 4

• Protect sleeper against awakening.
• Wish-fulfilment

Question 5

latent content vs manifest content in dreams

Answer 5

latent content of dreams: the hidden, underlying meaning of the dream

manifest content of dreams: the actual storyline or events in a dream

Question 6

day residue

Answer 6

you are likely to dream about things that happened to you today.

They are not the deep stuff themselves but they will be used as building blocks to disguise the other repressed wishes.

Question 7

what is the dreamwork mechanism according to freud

Answer 7

Dreaming is a safe space to experience emotions. Safe for you to be aggressive. Nothing to do with your real life. It’s not real so it’s safe to live your repressed, intolerable thoughts.

Dream analysis: look at manifest content, they try to see what’s behind

Question 8

when do dreams happen during the night?

Answer 8

we’re pretty much convinced that dreams can happen in anystage of sleep

Question 9

It seems at thought dreams at the end of the night seem to come from _

Answer 9

earlier memories of the past.

and dreams from the beginning of the night seem to come from more recent past memories