Question 1

is dream interpretation accurate?

Accepted Answer

No: When i was a kid, i was foolish enough to believe in this. I learned from my experience the power of wishful thinking and self-deception. Neither freud's theory of dream interpretation or pop fortune-telling claims have any scientific basis; freud does deserve credit for developing talk-based psychotherapy, and today one's dreams may be something to talk about despite no specific meaning.

Question 2

what does it mean to have persistent dreams about being raped?  is it because of my past catching up to me or some non sense dream interpretation?

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Dreams: Dreams may contain a lot of symbolism and imagery, and the plot does not necessarily have to have a literal interpretation or correspondence with your waking life.  However, dreams are also where we work out painful situations -- such as traumatic events. In dreams, we can go deeper into our inner experiences.  Please consider discussing this with a psychologist, since you say it&#x27;s persistent.

Question 3

i can't tell if my dreams are real?

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Dreams: Please expand on your question. What are your dreams about?. Any recurrent dreams?. Do they affect your sleep?., etc.

Question 4

what causes someone to die in his/her own dream?

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Individual interpret: Each persons dream should be interpretted by that person in the context of their own life. There isn't usually one answer to fit particular dream content. . Our dreams are part of the mind's repair that goes on when we are asleep.

Question 5

what makes someone have dreams while they sleep ?

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Neurotransmitters: Chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters activate parts of the brain responsible for dreaming while asleep. It is a normal phenomenon.

Question 6

why might someone have wet dreams almost every night?

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Only in males: May be due to excessive semen production, or irritation of seminal vesicles or prostate gland.

Question 7

is there evidence showing a human will die if they can't dream?

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No long term data: I don't believe there have been long term studies on individuals who have had their rem sleep suppressed for a long period of time. The only person i know of who did was michael jackson who went without rem sleep as he was using Propofol for sleep a powerful rem suppressant.

Question 8

if i dream about someone does that mean i secretly desire them?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily: Dreams can be interpreted in any number of ways. One could also dream of people they don't like. So, there is not direct causal relationship between dreaming about a person and desiring them. Hope this helps!

Question 9

why do i keep dreaming every night? don't think i used to before..

Accepted Answer

Dreams: Dreaming is a normal physiologic occurrence, many people do not remember dreaming.  Dreaming can occur in any stage of sleep, not just rem or rapid eye movement sleep.

Question 10

can someone interprut my dream about seeing someone who has passed?

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Unclear: Dream interpretation is not well grounded in science. Sometimes our dreams reflect real world concerns or thoughts that we have, but trying to understand a specific "meaning" out of a certain dream is hard to prove or disprove. I usually tell patient to focus less on the content of dreams and more on how the dream made them feel. Sometimes a useful approach in therapy with patients.

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