What do our dreams mean Do you know t hat during t he Roman Era, some dreams were submit t ed t o t he Senat e f or analysis and int erpret at ion? T hose on t he physiology side of t he “why we dream” argument see dreams as only nonsense t hat t he brain creat es f rom f ragment s of images and memory. For cent uries, however, people have looked at t heir dreams as bot h omens and insight s int o t heir own psyches. Many t hink dreams are f ull of symbolic messages t hat may not be clear t o us on t he surf ace. But , if we dig deeper and t hink about what is going on in our lives, we can usually come up wit h an int erpret at ion t hat makes sense. Let ’s look at t he most common dream t hemes and how dream expert s int erpret t hem.
Common Dream Themes and Their Interpretations Being naked in public Most of us have had t he dream at some point t hat we’re at school, work or some social event , and we suddenly realize we f orgot t o put on clot hes! Expert s say t his means: We’re t rying t o hide somet hing (and wit hout clot hes we have a hard t ime doing t hat ). We’re not prepared f or somet hing, like a present at ion or t est (and now everyone is going t o know — we’re exposed!). If we’re naked but no one not ices, t hen t he int erpret at ion is t hat what ever we’re af raid of is unf ounded. If we don’t care t hat we’re naked, t he int erpret at ion is t hat we’re comf ort able wit h who we are.
Falling You’re falling, falling, falling… and then you wake up. T his is a very common dream and is said t o symbolize insecurit ies and anxiet y. Somet hing in your lif e is essent ially out of cont rol and t here is not hing you can do t o st op it . Anot her int erpret at ion is t hat you have a sense of f ailure about somet hing. Maybe you’re not doing well in school or at work and are af raid you’re going t o be f ired or expelled. Again, you f eel t hat you can’t cont rol t he sit uat ion. Being chased T he ever-popular chase dream can be ext remely f right ening. What it usually symbolizes is t hat you’re running away f rom your problems. What t hat problem is depends on who is chasing you. It may be a problem at work, or it may be somet hing about yourself t hat you know is dest ruct ive. For example, you may be drinking t oo much, and your dream may be t elling you t hat your drinking is becoming a real problem.
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