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Dream Interpretation
What do dreams mean? The Ancients thought they were messages from their gods; today we are far more likely to give them a psychological explanation. Whatever the starting point, one thing is for certain - analyzing dreams is both fascinating and fun. This easy to follow introduction to the art and science of dream interpretation shows beginners hot to unravel the meanings behind dream images and how to build up their own personalized directory of dream themes. With chapters on lucid dreams, children's dreams and even nightmares, this book is essential reading for anyone who has ever slept, and had a dream.
166 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 19, 2015
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Sarah Owen
77 books6 followersSarah Owen has been a health journalist for UK newspapers and glossy magazines, such as Psychologies and Cosmopolitan, for fourteen years.
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May 29, 2017
The editing was a bit off in places, but as a whole it was an interesting read.
The book discusses the history of sleep studies, various schools of thought on interpreting dreams, and some possible meanings behind the most common themes of dreams.
One of the things I liked most was the fact that the book actually had a decent sized section dedicated to children's dreams in particular, which I haven't seen discussed very often in dream and sleep related texts. There's a very good point made that it's a bit more difficult to assess children's' dreams than it is adult ones, because while children have dreams just as rich and vivid, if not more so, than adults, they don't necessarily have the language skills to properly convey what their dreams were about. So a child's dream may come across as simplistic, because they don't have the words or knowledge to describe everything fully.
I also didn't know that lucid dreaming was fairly rare. I've always been able to tell when I'm in a dream, so that's been the norm for me. Even when I was plagued by hormonal nightmares during my pregnancy, I knew the nightmares for what they were. I just kind of thought it was easy for everyone. But nope. Apparently it's something most people have to train themselves to do.
The more you know, I suppose.
The book discusses the history of sleep studies, various schools of thought on interpreting dreams, and some possible meanings behind the most common themes of dreams.
One of the things I liked most was the fact that the book actually had a decent sized section dedicated to children's dreams in particular, which I haven't seen discussed very often in dream and sleep related texts. There's a very good point made that it's a bit more difficult to assess children's' dreams than it is adult ones, because while children have dreams just as rich and vivid, if not more so, than adults, they don't necessarily have the language skills to properly convey what their dreams were about. So a child's dream may come across as simplistic, because they don't have the words or knowledge to describe everything fully.
I also didn't know that lucid dreaming was fairly rare. I've always been able to tell when I'm in a dream, so that's been the norm for me. Even when I was plagued by hormonal nightmares during my pregnancy, I knew the nightmares for what they were. I just kind of thought it was easy for everyone. But nope. Apparently it's something most people have to train themselves to do.
The more you know, I suppose.
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