Sigmund Freud's Recall / interpretation
What I have learned in my two years of lucid dreaming is that dreams are built of:
*Memories
*Associations
*Expectations
Today I read Sigmund Freuds Book "The Interpretation of Dreams" and I learned what dreams are BASED on.
Freud categorizes aspects of the mind into three parts:
Id - centered around primal impulses, pleasures, desires, unchecked urges and wish fulfillment.
Ego - concerned with the conscious, the rational, the moral and the self-aware aspect of the mind.
Superego - the censor for the id, which is also responsible for enforcing the moral codes of the ego.
When we are awake the id's impulses and desires are surpressed by the Superego.
But when we dream we can get a small insight of what our id truely want.
But sometimes our desires can be so disturbing and even psychologically harmfull that something translate that content into a symbol.
According to Freud, the reason to why we struggle with rembering our dreams is because our superego is at work and protect the conscious mind from the disturbing images and desires from the unconscious.
He also sais that events from our days takes form in our dreams.
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Although awareness of the dreams will make you remember them.
Why? I have no idea. But now when you read through someones Dream Journal you are technically reading their unconscious (wish fulfillment. Issues of power, lack of control, or unsatisfactory love) disguised by symbols.
Anyway my point is that if you are aware of what those mean to you, you might become more aware of your dreams. But it's just a theory.
To see what your dreams mean to you try his association technique:
Find something that seems like it could have something to do with your id, then use association. See what automatically comes to your mind first.
Continue doing this and see where it leads.