Freud believed that dreams are the realization of wishes. However, the expression of this desire in dreams is sometimes direct, sometimes indirect, and sometimes the opposite form. A psychologist conducted a fasting experiment to study psychological changes. He put 32 college students on a hunger strike for several days. During the experiment, many people dreamed that they were wolfing down food and steak with heavy brands. What's more, when studying the conversations of these subjects when they just opened their eyes, it was found that food-related topics were directly proportional to the degree of hunger on an empty stomach, which absolutely overwhelmed other topics. Many subjects are not interested in cooking techniques, such as canteen recipes, and this time it becomes an interesting topic. Some of them even said that they wanted to be cooks (13 of 32 subjects) or work on a farm after the experiment. Obviously, their dreams directly reflected the needs and desires of the subjects at that time. Some dreams have a little tortuous response to wishes. Once, the wife of a friend of Freud had a dream of menstrual cramps, which she had never done before. She turned to Freud for advice. Freud told her that his wife's dream meant that she had an idea in her heart, that is, "it would be nice to have menstruation." If you look at it the other way around, this dream can be explained as that her menstruation has stopped temporarily. The lady was surprised to tell Freud that she was pregnant, and she appreciated Freud's explanation. It should be said that it is easier to judge whether this unconscious desire is direct or not very tortuous in a dream. Of course, because the essence and mechanism of dreams are very complicated, many contents are unknown to human beings, so there are still many dreams that are difficult to explain and even account for most of them. But according to Freud's psychoanalytic method, many mysterious dreams can still be solved.

One dream: the little white dog was hanged.

A woman dreamed that a little white dog was hanged. The example of analyzing this dream with Freud's assistant, Francois, has been quoted by many books and has become a very famous topic. When the lady told Ferrans about the "absurd" experience in her dream, after analysis, Ferrans thought that the little white dog was actually the image of Yimei that the lady hated. Readers, I'm afraid it's hard to believe how a little white dog can become a representative of human image. However, if you look at Ferrance's explanation below, you will probably be convinced of his conclusion. Ferrance's explanation is this: this woman is good at cooking, and sometimes she strangles pigeons and birds to cook. But she never thought it was a happy thing, so she wanted to quit the job. In the process of analyzing the dream, the woman told me these things, so when I asked her if there was anyone she particularly hated, she told me Yimei's name and told me excitedly that Yimei was "like a trained pigeon" to her husband, which made her very disgusted. I told her that the method of strangling the white dog in your dream is actually the same as strangling the pigeon, but the pigeon and the white dog are actually anthropomorphic, which is probably the image of your righteous sister. Through further inquiry, I learned that this lady had a big fight with Yimei before having this dream, and kicked Yimei out of the room and scolded Yimei: "Get out, I hope the dog won't bite my hand!" " At this time, the lady admitted that she did have the idea that Yimei was dead. Her Yimei was short and white, just like a little white dog.

Symbols appearing in dreams

Although some people's desires can be clearly expressed in their dreams as mentioned above, some people will show them in another form without showing their faces. Especially in the case of the above examples, this tendency is even more obvious when there is an anti-social and anti-moral desire to stifle Iraq and the United States. In fact, even when we are asleep, our conscience is not completely paralyzed, but working normally. Freud called this mechanism "dream review". This is basically the same as in the past when the army inspected newspapers, books and periodicals and deleted and rewritten what was considered inappropriate at that time. That is to say, we can't let the unconscious bad emotions pop up casually in the conscious world, because the prosecutor's eyes are flashing whether it's a conscious shot or an unconscious shot, which plays a role in prohibiting suspicious things from passing. Because of this, even in dreams, some ugly things in unconscious desires are changing and deforming, and they can be confused in the eyes of prosecutors. Strangling Yimei is intolerable, but strangling the little white dog is meaningful. Therefore, when analyzing dreams, we need to try our best to find the essence of things, so we need a "symbol" to interpret dreams. Such as: sexual behavior → riding a horse, eating bananas, etc. ; Male sexual organs → bamboo poles, walking sticks, snakes, etc. (stick-shaped thing). Female genitalia → vases, houses, etc (container-like things). Freud called these closely related and replaceable things "symbols". In the above example, the intimate relationship between Yimei and Xiaobai Dog is also a symbol, but it is only a symbol of the parties' understanding, which is different from things such as male genitals and bamboo poles that can be widely used to determine the nature. We have mastered the variability of "symbols", so it is easier to explain dreams. A young woman had such a dream: "A man wanted to ride a fierce horse, but he didn't get it. I failed three times and finally got into the saddle for the fourth time and set off. " At first glance, this dream is nothing strange, but if you know the "symbolic theory", this dream is very terrible. If you analyze this dream, it is: "A man forced a woman who hates him to have sex, and failed three times, but finally achieved his goal the fourth time." In fact, this woman has rejected her boyfriend's courtship three times, and this time she will insist on refusing it to the end. The "symbol" in the dream indicates the success of sexual intercourse, which is precisely her concern about the success of her behavior. It can be seen that when judging dreams, it is very important to understand the desires that are usually suppressed in the bottom of my heart and the meanings of various "symbols". With these two articles, many dreams can be reasonably explained.

Interpretation of the second dream: "This woman is a criminal."

A young housewife dreamed that she was in a dark and humid prison and was suspected of being a hateful murderer. I still don't know who killed it, whether it was a man or a woman, but the police investigating it must be "you killed it"! In this cell, there is an old woman in rags. Strangely, the old woman tied a bottle containing concentrated sulfuric acid to her head and shook her head and said to the police, "This woman is a criminal." At this moment, concentrated sulfuric acid spilled out, and the young housewife's face and hands were burned, but the police kept asking her questions and said, "The victim is the victim of concentrated sulfuric acid", but she didn't doubt the old woman at all. As a result, while being tortured by concentrated sulfuric acid, young housewives shouted "grievance". In painful crying and torture, she opened her eyes and woke up. Hearing these words, the psychologist intuitively established a hypothesis: this old woman is probably the sister-in-law who has a tense relationship with her. So, she tried many methods. As a result, she said, "Although I don't know if the old woman in my dream is my sister-in-law, she is wearing almost the same clothes." In fact, this dream, in any case, can be explained as a knot between a housewife and her sister-in-law. From the dream stage of prison, we can also know that family life is not free for young housewives. The old woman in the dream holds concentrated sulfuric acid. Needless to say, the dreamer felt the hostility implied by her sister-in-law, or at least it was evidence that I felt bullied by her. If the police are regarded as the symbol of her husband, this can be explained as follows: the husband who should have stood in a fair position and judged fairly objectively stood on the side of her sister-in-law, taking sides with her and attacking her with her sister-in-law. This is a nightmare. She woke up when she was in pain, which shows that she has not found a suitable way to solve the contradiction between her and her sister-in-law. The young housewife admits that it is not that she has never thought of using some means (such as resisting, quarreling or even killing people) to solve conflicts, but she just feels bad. So her heart has been depressed, and this emotion is manifested as torture in her dream. This fully shows that this housewife is introverted and often thinks that the cause of things always has her own fault. So, even in my dream, I can't find a way out. Instead, I continue to torture myself with my own desires.

Interpretation of the third dream: in the shelter

A middle-aged woman had a dream. The location in the dream is not clear, but it seems to be an American air raid shelter with barbed wire. In the sultry room, a group of people flocked to dress her, even dressed her in fur clothes, which made her sweat. It was a long time before she escaped from their encirclement, eyeing the opportunity to cross the barbed wire, and those people followed. She tried to run away in the street in someone else's car, but they wouldn't give her a lift. At this time, the pursuer approached and had to flee elsewhere. After a while, it suddenly became very quiet around, and a big lake appeared in front of me, which made me feel relaxed and happy. While enjoying the scenery, she felt someone behind her. She suddenly lost consciousness when she saw a tall foreigner standing behind her with a baton. When analyzing her "strange dream", the psychologist learned that her husband was eighteen years older than her because he was bedridden because of a stroke, and the children waited on him patiently and diligently. The woman blushed when the psychologist told her the meaning of the "symbol" in her dream. In fact, this dream can be judged as her dissatisfaction with sexual desire. At first, many people dressed her, which can be explained as her naked desire was suppressed. She resisted this repression and bravely escaped from the shelter of the US military, that is, her "chaste wife" position, but she realized that her suitor (that is, conscience) was fiercely entangled with her. Later, the Great Lake symbolized a woman's strong desire and hope to be satisfied, which could be regarded as a liberated world in her dream. But when a stranger with a baton (a symbol of men) approached her, she lost consciousness.