When we sleep we go through different states and phases of sleep, first we sleep without rapid eye movements (non-paradoxical sleep), which has 4 stages of deep progression, phases III and IV are called slow sleep (SOL) or deep sleep.
Then, fast-moving eye sleep (REM), with phase V sleep or sleep paradox, continues, it is at this point that dreams or dreams appear, it is common for 4 to 6 periods of REM sleep to occur during the night.
- Dreams are mental manifestations of images.
- Sounds.
- Thoughts and emotions.
- Usually symbolically linked to the reality of the person who is dreaming.
Sleep is an involuntary mental process in which emotions related to lived experiences and information stored in our memory seem uncensored.
The memories left when waking up can be minimal or very elaborate
It is proven that we can dream at any stage of sleep, but we remember more than we dream in the REM phase.
For psychoanalysis, it is important to differentiate the manifest content of sleep, that is, the history or events and symbols that appear, as well as the latent content, which is the interpretation of manifest content, its meaning.
Every dream means something, because they are always linked to emotions and symbols, and to present or past experiences.
One of the types of dreams we may have are nightmares, which contain emotions that frighten and influence us the day after we have had them and are related to trauma, child abandonment, stress, fears, insecurities, dissatisfaction and health problems or relationships.
There are also dreams of healing, associated with sleep therapy, are they lucid dreams ?, where the person knows that he is dreaming and gets the dream to change negative emotions.
There are many hypotheses and explanations for the symbols that appear in dreams, however, they may not adapt to the reality of the person who dreamed it, because to understand the concrete meaning of a dream, it is necessary to know the emotions that provoked it. the person’s dream.
So, if you want to know what it means, pay attention to the emotions that made you dream, also see if it’s repetitive and frequent, indicating that there’s something waiting to work and overcoming psychologically.
If the emotions are pleasant and positive, it shows us the way forward, the satisfaction of living as we want, and also shows desires, dreams and projects that we would like to carry out.
If, on the contrary, the emotions we feel when dreaming are unpleasant, uncomfortable or painful, the meaning of this dream is important and revealing, as it shows us a subconscious part of ourselves, waiting for resolution or improvement, such as trauma, fears and worries.
Dreams activate subconscious content stored and stored since childhood.
Hence the importance of knowing how to interpret our dreams, because they are very useful information about how we feel with our innermost and deepest self.
After experiencing the meaning, the next step is to become aware of our emotional blockage and treat it with psychological therapy, so that our negative emotions are resolved, progress will be reflected in our dreams in a different way, with more pleasant and positive emotions to overcome. or eliminate negative emotions from our dream experiences.