Interpretation of Dreams is Freud's masterpiece, published in 19xx. In this book, a large number of dreams are cited as examples, and the problems related to dreams are seriously discussed from all aspects. From the viewpoint of subconscious activity and sexual determinism, it is pointed out that dreams are the satisfaction of desire, not accidental association, that is, thinking during the day and dreaming at night. The analysis of dreams divides dreams into explicit meaning and implicit meaning. Appearance is a mask to hide meaning, covering up desire (hiding meaning). He explained that dreams are subconscious desires. Because of the lax inspection function during sleep, they take the opportunity to bypass resistance in disguise, break into consciousness and become dreams. The content of dreams is not the true nature of repressed desires and must be analyzed or explained. Interpretation of dreams is to find the true source of dreams.
I have wanted to read this book for a long time, but I haven't practiced it for various reasons. I have enough time to read this masterpiece when I go home on holiday. The Interpretation of Dreams describes Freud's views on dreams and the methods of dream interpretation in psychoanalytic consultation. In fact, this book has changed my moral concept to some extent. After reading this book, I have a strange feeling every time I see the bustling crowd in the street. This book can be divided into six parts, namely: first, the study of children's dreams; Second, explore the test function of dreams; Third, explore the symbolic role of dreams; Fourth, analyze the operation of dreams; Fifth, analyze several real dreams with examples; 6. The function of dreams is to satisfy wishes. Freud began with children's dreams, with little or no disguise, until the "unrecognizable" adult dreams. The key factor in his dream interpretation is to uncover the disguise of dreams.
Interpretation of Dreams points out that dreams are a kind of spiritual activity. Its motivation is often a desire to seek satisfaction. Dreams are caused by wishes, and their content is "the realization of wishes". Dreams not only give an opportunity to express ideas, but also express the satisfaction of wishes in the form of illusion experience. The author cited many examples that dreams are "the realization of wishes". One of them is the dream of his 5-year-old son. Once, the whole family went to play at the foot of Heshan. The youngest son is not satisfied with playing at the foot of the mountain, because he can often see Simon's cabin on the mountain with binoculars. But his parents didn't take him up the mountain, and he was not very happy at that time. Freud pointed out: "the next morning, he came to tell me cheerfully;" Last night, I dreamed that we walked from the temple to Simone's cabin. I understand now that when I said I was going to Dache Mountain, he thought he could cross the mountains from Holstadt with a telescope every day and reach his dream Simone cabin, but once he learned that he could only end with the waterfall at the foot of the mountain, he was too disappointed and dissatisfied. But the dream compensated him. "
Interpretation of Dreams points out that dreams are the self-expression of the subconscious mind, which is pressed in the deepest part of the human mind, but it is very active and tries to break through the field of pre-consciousness. When the "self" is in a daze, the vigilance is relaxed, and the subconscious begins to move, so dreams appear. Because many dreams of dreamers are immoral, the subconscious appears in new forms. Strange and incomprehensible dreams are caused by the disguise of dreams. Dreams can only be explained by psychoanalysis after many disguises.
Interpretation of Dreams points out that dreams are similar to mental illness, and he thinks that "dreams contain short-term neurotic psychology". Because his dreams and mental disorders are based on subconscious theory. He concluded that dreams and mental illness conform to the laws of subconscious activities, and concluded that "the subconscious prefers to be involved in concepts that were ignored, ignored or just left out in the pre-consciousness." "Through this technology, the cunning subconscious can sneak into the field of consciousness. Freud used to deny that dreams were inspired by supernatural spirits, emphasizing that dreams are part of people's psychological activities and come from the subconscious. Dreams are neither the manifestation of the soul nor the revelation of God, but the condensation and precipitation of early human practice.
Consistent with Freud's consistent view, we can easily see his "iceberg theory" and "instinct theory" in his dream interpretation. He believes that the only function of dreams is to satisfy people's conscious level and or more to satisfy people's subconscious wishes. These wishes (many of which can be regarded as the embodiment of instinctive ego) are not accepted by human reason (superego), so they should be adjusted by human ego (defense mechanism and ego), transformed into imperceptible forms through a series of whitewashes, and released through dreams. It is because of these whitewashes that dreams are disguised and difficult to interpret. Therefore, when analyzing dreams, the first task is to break the disguise and explore the wishes of people submerged in the "deep sea".
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