What Is The Meaning Of Your Dream?

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oi-suparna-chakraborty Chakaraborthy

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Friday, April 29, 2011, 10:51

Do you ever try to find meaning of your dream? Have you wondered why was your dream so weird? The answer from most of you will be yes. Phychological meaning of dreams by Sigmund Freud is that dreams are the interpretation of the unconscious mind and serves to gratify the unconscious wishes and longings. Other theories say that it is the replay of the whole days work and understanding in an haphazard manner, which thus, makes no sense. We dream in the fifth stage of sleep which is also called the REM sleep. This is recognised as the stage with increased brain activity. To a layman, these theories have their own importance but what we are interested in is to understand our dreams.

So, here are some common dreams and their meaning -

1.Failing A Test – This dream is very common during our exams but is also prevalent among professionals. You might dream of not reaching the exam room on time, of missing the exam date, or spilling ink on the paper etc. The meaning of this dreams is that you are feeling tested in some way in your life and you are playing the wrong role.

2.Falling – This is the most common dream and happens mostly on the day when one is very tired and reaches the REM dream stage quickly. The meaning of this dream is that one unconsciously has the sense of losing on respect, financial difficulties, relationship etc. Sometimes with such dreams we wake up with a jolt, it's the wake up call which means it's time to take some action.

3.Being Chased – This is one of the common dreams. A more appropriate word would be a nightmare. Mostly , the person chasing us would be a monster or sometimes as person you have never seen before. Psychologically, such dreams mean that the brain is showing you a deep embedded fear maybe from some past experience. Regular chasing dreams needs attention.

4.Trapped Or Lost – Another such nightmare is of being trapped. The meaning of this dream is that one in the unconscious mind is conflicting with two ideas and don't know how to move out of it. Such dreams are often accompanied with the feeling of fear. Try to evaluate what is it that you have left undecided.

5.Animal – One of the most weird dreams is that of animals. In the dream you will find yourself being at awe of a beautiful animal, which sometimes is friendly to you but maybe on some other occasion goes wild. Unpleasant animal dreams is often said to be brains way of picturing the animal as fear. Brain uses animal as the interpretation of fear to make sure that you don't get extremely scared or is the brains way to escape from picturing the honest description.

You might have also noticed that you remember only the most weird dreams or the dreams which you see in the morning. Why don't you remember dreams? Scientifically, brain neuro-chemicals during sleep is very different from that when we are awake and the second reason often stated is that our mind is often of an escapist nature, so, we tend to forget the interpretation of the unconscious mind, as it might hinder your future.