Get a Grip On Dreams

by Maeve Ennis, Jennifer Parker

After dark, in the privacy of our bedrooms, our dreams are where we lose our inhibitions. Valued by the ancients as a source of divine messages, dreams are now seen as the gateway to our secret desires and motivations. Get a Grip On Dreams takes you on a guided tour of our collective unconscious, looking at the scientific thinking about why we dream and how dreams work, and the psychological explanation of what it all means. From Artemidorus to Fritz Perls, this book will open your eyes to what goes on when sleep comes…

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Reference, Research, Philosophy

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a good overview of dreams. It covered scientific theories on dreaming and psychological dream interpretations.

[Giuliana Gramani · Rating 4 out of 5]

O livro trata tanto da parte física dos sonhos quanto da parte psicológica. Na primeira, explica como nosso cérebro funciona como dormimos, os diferentes estágios do nosso sono e o que muda no nosso corpo quando sonhamos. Na segunda, fala sobre profissionais que estudaram o sonho e algumas interpretações possíveis para os temas mais comuns dos sonhos. Gostei muito da linguagem do livro, bem acessível mesmo para quem não é especialista na área. Gostei também do fato de o livro não apresentar interpretações fechadas para os sonhos, o que é impossível, mas sim de mostrar caminhos interpretativos e ajudar a levantar perguntar relevantes para diferentes tipos de sonho.

[V · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short, easy read. I, unfortunately, lost interest in the subject about half way through the book, so it was a bit of a slog to finish. That isn't to detract from the author, however, as it was my own expectations of dream interpretation that were misplaced.

[Svetlana Kva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly informative and quite funny

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good quick read to learn about the role of dreams in people's lives. It does a good job covering the basics of dream history, theories, and some interpretations, though on the topic of interpretation, I do agree with William Domhoff when he said "What is relevant is the meaning we place upon dreams after we wake up. Because we think they have meaning--they do!"

[Andres · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good to have reference of all the people who have researched about dreams, all the proper terms and way to describe the dreaming process.
The downside is that most of the meanings described are kind of obvious, if you dream that something is chasing you, it means you feel your problems are chasing you, or stuff like that. Maybe it is because the level of the book is kind of basic.

[Sheri Bree · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is incredibly fun, it's sort of like a dummy's tool guide that shares a wealth of information on dreaming. I did not know that dreams are our gateway to our secret desires and motivations, wow, I better stop having all these crazy dreams!

[Victoria Fuller]

GOD it took me almost a month to finish this.
To be honest, I don't dislike this book. I actually liked the way they packed a lot of information into small tidbits. It wasn't hard to read like some non-fiction books.

[Hannah Sanders · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't all that useful if you're serious about "what it all means" in your dreams, but it's full of fun factoids, history and theories.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Michelle Nicolle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun book of dream facts and information... very useful and rather quick.