Sophomore's dream

Why do we have dreams? There’re different types of dreams, ones where you’re asleep, and dreams you have when you’re awake where people decide that they want to do something in their life, it’s a dream of theirs to complete this goal. These types of dreams give you a purpose in life. They give you something to aim for and something to push you forward. Some people might dream of becoming rich and having their own business, whereas others might simply dream of staying healthy throughout life.…

The Psychoanalytic Theory is one most significant personality theories today and is an important guide in the treatment of psychopathology. The idea of psychoanalysis was first introduced in the late 19th century by Sigmund Freud (1964) who conducted research on neurotic and hysterical symptoms, in his attempt to find an effective treatment for patients with anxiety and mental disorders. Sigmund Freud was one of the most central figures in Psychology and his theories are extremely important to…

Chapter 2 Misconceptions on Lucid Dreaming Dreams are either funny, entertaining, or hopeful. On the other side of the coin, it could scare one intensely. Lucid dreaming is relatively new and what is new is usually held suspect. It is therefore expected to have all sorts of misconceptions about lucid dreaming. Before one can embark on learning how to have lucid dreams, these misconceptions need clarification. Below are some of the misconceptions that hinder one from seriously learning…

Are you real? Are you really sitting at home reading this, or are you imagining it? Do you really exist, or do you just believe you do? These questions plagued many people during the Great Awakening, especially philosophers like John Locke and Rene Descartes. How does one know for certain that he/she is real? How do we explain the meaning of life? What exactly is love? Is someone capable of changing into someone completely different over time or do we have a core self that never changes, like a…

Dream Symbols for Wild Cats and Crashing Planes The following two dreams were very interesting on how it brought terror for both dreamers; however, this is a good thing for it encourages them to view what is actually happening in their life. Once they acknowledge the truth, their next steps become clearer. Dream Every night, I keep having these dreams, they aren't always the same exact dream, but they all have the same similar component. At some point in my dream, there's a very large,…

over: a man with a perceived sense of mental stability but with a realm of repressed desires — all the more reason to explore the unconscious, the uncharted realms of the human psyche. Contrary to Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious, the dreams in Dostoevsky’s novel function as something beyond the characterization of archetypes common to multiple individuals. Dostoevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment, proves to be more concerned with Raskolnikov’s perceptions regarding his crime,…

In his essay “The Uncanny”, Sigmund Freud attempts to explain the concept of “the uncanny” by using two methods: defining the word through language and analyzing individual experiences. In order to support his claims and illustrate the notion of “the uncanny”, he uses E.T.A. Hoffman’s story “The Sandman”. Despite the fact that this text is intriguing and at first sight appealing, Freud fails to convince his readers that he has discovered the true meaning of “the uncanny” because he struggles…

Alone time with dad “Hey dad, forgot this screw.” I said as I was looking at the manual excitedly. My dad (Yaniv) and I (Adi), were working on building a basketball. My dad was nice and decided to do it a day after we bought the parts for the basketball. We bought the basketball because it was my sister’s birthday and she wanted a basketball really badly, but she wasn’t the only one. I was extremely excited too, because that meant that I don’t have to go to parks all the time just to play…

Descartes’ dream argument supports his overarching argument for hyperbolic doubt, described in his Meditations on First Philosophy. The dream argument questions one’s perceptions, conscious and unconscious, and how one determines what is true and what is false. He does this by comparing experiences while awake or dreaming. Descartes continues on that since one also cannot tell the difference between what is a dream and what is real life, our perceptions could overall be false, and “assumes…

asked themselves throughout their existence is why do dreams happen and do they mean anything? The Mesopotamians believed that dreams were messages from the gods about the future, and the Egyptians believed the same. Aristotle, a famous Greek philosopher, thought that dreams are the purest form of wisdom, and that they can be used to predict the future. Another Greek philosopher named Hippocrates was one of the first people to believe that dreams indicated a person’s mental and physical health.…