The Psychology of Dreaming

The Psychology of Everything

by Josie Malinowski

Why do we dream? What is the connection between our dreams and our mental health? Can we teach ourselves to have lucid dreams?

The Psychology of Dreaming delves into the last 100 years of dream research to provide a thought-provoking introduction to what happens in our minds when we sleep. It looks at the role that dreaming plays in memory, problem-solving, and processing emotions, examines how trauma affects dreaming, and explores how we can use our dreams to understand ourselves better. Exploring extraordinary experiences like lucid dreaming, precognitive dreams, and sleep paralysis nightmares, alongside cutting-edge questions like whether it will ever be possible for androids to dream, The Psychology of Dreaming reveals some of the most fascinating aspects of our dreaming world.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2020

Reviews

[Richard Wilkerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you tired of boring dream books that try and tell you that dreaming about flowers means your life is about to bloom? Toss them out and try The Psychology Dreaming. This researcher brings in the most up-to-date science and theories from the field of dreams without dragging the reader down in long, slow, tedious details. She succinctly synthesizes old and new ideas into an easy to understanding of the oldest to latest theories of dreaming. After a grounding in science and psychology, the further reaches of dreams are explored, from psychic to lucid dreaming. But before falling asleep and trying these ideas out yourself, read about the fascinating uses of dreams in fiction and film. Finally, a book on dreams that wakes me up, but makes me want to dream!

[Sasha Avrutsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was good. feel like it was a rly good overview for beginners in dream psych + insightful for my honours yay. liked the part about precognitive dreams also cool for people in general i think

[Moria · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Johanna Spiers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent little book about various fascinating aspects of dreaming. Packed full of interesting experiments and ideas for how you can learn from your own dreams. Easy to read yet informative - highly recommended for anyone who loves dreaming.

[Jonas Enander · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book that goes through the various theories and experiment concerning why we dream. An exciting topic, and Malinowski is a well informed guide into this fascinating world.