From beyond the dawn of humanity, we have been dreaming. ... Aristotle argued that because animals dreamt, dreams could not emanate from the gods who would not deign to intercede with animals. ... Centuries later, dreaming stimulated psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud to write The Interpretation of Dreams in 1899.  ... Freud later refined his dream theories and described dreaming as the process of condensation and displacement. ... Subsequent scientific studies of dreaming do not support either Freudian or Jungian views of dream analysis but rather reveal that our dreams are more humdrum. ...

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The identification of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep in 1953 brought technology to bear on dream research, in order to explore the physiology of dreaming and the relationship between dreams and sleep. All through history we have sought to fathom the meanings of our dreams and every culture has it's theories about dreams. ... More than likely, everyone dreams. ... Most "big" dreams occur during REM, or Rapid Eye Movement, sleep are filled with narratives, symbols, and detailed dream scenery. ... Dreams of the death of loved ones, so-called farewell dreams, are even more common. ...

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The id is the mind's "animal" pleasure seeking principle ; superego is our conscience and the ego tries to meditate between the two and at the same time deal with external realities. ... During 50 minute sessions , four to five times a week , a patient talks about problems ,hopes , fears , fantasies , dreams , relationships anything at all , Psychoanalyst rarely talk or interpret a patients problem during sessions. ...

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