Dreams

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This paper takes a look at dreams, an area that has been studied for centuries with little understanding. The paper discusses various ideas and opinions regarding dreams, as well as the physiological explanation for dreaming.

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"Though dreaming is broader and in a sense more exciting and wilder than waking thought, it only seems right to bring attention to the fact that it is only somewhat broader. We may at times fly in dreams, but we usually remain ourselves or creatures very much like ourselves. Hardly ever are we a mosquito or a hurricane though Hartmann does report hearing a report of such a dream from a client. Nor are we molecules of water, or mathematical formulas. We are usually ourselves or perhaps someone or something we can identify with easily. We experience a world roughly parallel to our usual visual-spatial one, though as noted, with some broader or wilder elements. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Borbely, Alexander. Secrets of Sleep. Trans. Deborah Schneider. New York: Basic Books, 1986
• Hartmann, Ernest. The New Theory on the Origin and Meaning of Dreams The Origin and Meaning of Dreams. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2001.
• Murray, John B. "Children's Dreams." Journal of Genetic Psychology 156.3 (1995): 303-312.

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