Dreams
There are four major theories on dreams proposed by Freud, Jung, Adler, and the biological theory on dreams.
Freud basically thought that the purpose of dreams was to guard our sleep by replacing images from our sub conscious mind which he saw as harmful. He thought that dreams were an expression of the darker thoughts we supress during waking hours.
Adler felt that the purpose of dreams was for our minds to help make sense of what we experienced during the day. Dreams help us cope with our emotions.
Jung mostly agreed with Freud but he believed that the purpose of dreams was to instill emotional balance.
The biological theory on dreams is that basically the images we see in dreams mean nothing and that dreams a merlely a by-product of R.E.M. activity.
One time, I had this crazy dream that a jogged from the school down Rt. 68 and 206 to the Wawa on 206 in Bordentown at which point my dreaming self realized there's no way I would be able to run all the way back to the school and then I woke up.
My guess is that I didn't really have much to dream about this night and that my mind was just filling with images and thoughts about what I did that day since I went on a run early that morning and went up to the Hamilton Marketplace later that day. This dream would defintiely support that biological theory that dreams mean nothing. It also could support Jung's theory that dreams are reflective of emotional stability because I was not feeling much emotional turmoil over break when I had this dream.
