I had a totally realistic dream I was having a discussion with my family about reality, so I demonstrated to my family that if I was awake I wouldn't be able to levitate... I floated up to the ceiling and woke up. :)
Interesting that Domhoff, a noisy extrovert, tries to make dream content a direct commentary on external events rather than seeing dreams as making use of external events to portray aspects of the dreamer's personality. A clearly extroverted approach.
Furthermore, he says dreams' only use for psychotherapy are 'ice breakers,' but this only says more about American 'ego psychology'- where the patient is your makeshift best friend who agrees with everything you say and tells you to hit a gym/prozac- as opposed to discourses like Lacanian psychoanalysis. Psychotherapy is not a 'go in and share your life' atmosphere, as this doesn't induce stimulating analysis, rather, it's a more distant relationship from the start.
The lecture starts with some stutters and slips - but it goes on to cover an almost complete field of empirical research, showing thoroughly how conclusions are drawn and how they relate to different approaches of present research. I think, it is a fine introduction to the topic of dream experiences. The only issue, I sense would be the introspective character of dream journals or interviews, which might obscure experience by interpretation. Do we recall dreams as we recall sensations ?
From a Jungian perspective dreams are trying to compensate or correct inadequately adapted ego attitudes. Hence, the high rate of negativity. Domhoff also misrepresents Jungian approach to dreams as just religious/spiritual metaphors. That's not how it works. The dream figures and animals represent differenct aspects of the dreamer's personality. Dreams are metaphorical expression of your emotional states, often with suggestions on how to resolve issues.
I’m 41 and like most adults, I tend not to remember dreams after sleep ends. Maybe 2x a year, I’m awakened by a nightmare, which I will remember. Research has shown that like sports, remembering dreams is the domain of kids, not adults. And we know the dream zone is a crazy place. Example: when I was a high school student circa 1987, I dreamed our high school’s assistant varsity football coach was stalking me in a T-storm “Friday the 13th ” style despite having no contact w/never seeing him
Well, my dream was a warning. I was dreaming that I could'nt breathe, someone was squeezing my nose closed and a hand was over my mouth. When I awakened my husband was squeezing my nose closed.
I don't understand what he means when he says that dreams have no adaptive function. He seems to think that is significant somehow. And aren't thoughts in general accidental by-products?
In the beginning and the end, this guy goes out of his way to poke at psychoanalytic dream work, with a 'revolutionary' theory. But it hold's no weight as a criticism because he presented a straw man/ naive portrayal of the role dreams play in psychotherapy. They aren't symbolic "the cat was a metaphor for xyz," but rather they are broken down by how the patient chooses to break their dream down with chosen language.
Ok so... 6:28 this is the first source of error...as if one could dissect a living thing, and understand therefore what life is. 18:55 at this point the speaker interprets real life as causal of conflict in the dream... But one could just as easily say that internal conflicts revealed by the dreams are the cause of conflicts with women in real life. 29:20 but again this could be because they come to represent this elements in ourselves or attitudes we need to examine. 40:50 again none of this shows evidence that dreams are the outer world directed inwardly and not the other way around.
What - and where - are memories and can they be meassured ? The "content analysis" by Calvin Hall seems to provide a statistical ckeck, that dream content is not simply made up by individuals - but how much does it reflect mere waking life concepts, than actual experiences? Rather than to seek to 'dream about the revelation of an assumed methaphoric nature of dreams' - I would suggest to observe more the waking conscience of oneself - like keeping a diary or trying to question basic concepts.
These are studies of "typical" dreamers. I think just because most people don't solve problems in their dreams, or learn about themselves like Jung thought, doesn't mean that dreams can not be for these purposes. Waking life can be for solving problems or bettering yourself, but just because some do not spend their lives on these things does not mean life should not be for these things.
I had a totally realistic dream I was having a discussion with my family about reality, so I demonstrated to my family that if I was awake I wouldn't be able to levitate... I floated up to the ceiling and woke up. :)
Interesting that Domhoff, a noisy extrovert, tries to make dream content a direct commentary on external events rather than seeing dreams as making use of external events to portray aspects of the dreamer's personality. A clearly extroverted approach.
Are you guys still continuing the research? I keep this video for 11 years
You cant dismiss Freud that easily. He is certainly a genius. Thanks.
Dismiss the cocaine ramblings of a guy gets it right only in line with the statistics of chance? Yea, I can dismiss that.
My interpretation is that dreams are simply a way to escape life. They fulfill the death wish desire in a benign way.
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Furthermore, he says dreams' only use for psychotherapy are 'ice breakers,' but this only says more about American 'ego psychology'- where the patient is your makeshift best friend who agrees with everything you say and tells you to hit a gym/prozac- as opposed to discourses like Lacanian psychoanalysis. Psychotherapy is not a 'go in and share your life' atmosphere, as this doesn't induce stimulating analysis, rather, it's a more distant relationship from the start.
The lecture starts with some stutters and slips -
but it goes on to cover an almost complete field of empirical research, showing thoroughly how conclusions are drawn and how they relate to different approaches of present research.
I think, it is a fine introduction to the topic of dream experiences.
The only issue, I sense would be the introspective character of dream journals or interviews, which might obscure experience by interpretation.
Do we recall dreams as we recall sensations ?
From a Jungian perspective dreams are trying to compensate or correct inadequately adapted ego attitudes. Hence, the high rate of negativity.
Domhoff also misrepresents Jungian approach to dreams as just religious/spiritual metaphors. That's not how it works. The dream figures and animals represent differenct aspects of the dreamer's personality. Dreams are metaphorical expression of your emotional states, often with suggestions on how to resolve issues.
If dreams are meaningless, then everything is.
I’m 41 and like most adults, I tend not to remember dreams after sleep ends. Maybe 2x a year, I’m awakened by a nightmare, which I will remember. Research has shown that like sports, remembering dreams is the domain of kids, not adults. And we know the dream zone is a crazy place. Example: when I was a high school student circa 1987, I dreamed our high school’s assistant varsity football coach was stalking me in a T-storm “Friday the 13th ” style despite having no contact w/never seeing him
One time I had an anthology dream..... It was about 15 dreams in one
Well, my dream was a warning. I was dreaming that I could'nt breathe, someone was squeezing my nose closed and a hand was over my mouth. When I awakened my husband was squeezing my nose closed.
Brenda Foster I hope you slapped that jackass.
I don't understand what he means when he says that dreams have no adaptive function. He seems to think that is significant somehow. And aren't thoughts
in general accidental by-products?
I think he means that dreams don´t help us adapt to our environment, like sleeping does, or any other biological rithm does.
In the beginning and the end, this guy goes out of his way to poke at psychoanalytic dream work, with a 'revolutionary' theory. But it hold's no weight as a criticism because he presented a straw man/ naive portrayal of the role dreams play in psychotherapy. They aren't symbolic "the cat was a metaphor for xyz," but rather they are broken down by how the patient chooses to break their dream down with chosen language.
Ok so...
6:28 this is the first source of error...as if one could dissect a living thing, and understand therefore what life is.
18:55 at this point the speaker interprets real life as causal of conflict in the dream... But one could just as easily say that internal conflicts revealed by the dreams are the cause of conflicts with women in real life.
29:20 but again this could be because they come to represent this elements in ourselves or attitudes we need to examine.
40:50 again none of this shows evidence that dreams are the outer world directed inwardly and not the other way around.
What - and where - are memories and can they be meassured ?
The "content analysis" by Calvin Hall seems to provide a statistical ckeck, that dream content is not simply made up by individuals - but how much does it reflect mere waking life concepts, than actual experiences?
Rather than to seek to 'dream about the revelation of an assumed methaphoric nature of dreams' - I would suggest to observe more the waking conscience of oneself - like keeping a diary or trying to question basic concepts.
These are studies of "typical" dreamers. I think just because most people don't solve problems in their dreams, or learn about themselves like Jung thought, doesn't mean that dreams can not be for these purposes. Waking life can be for solving problems or bettering yourself, but just because some do not spend their lives on these things does not mean life should not be for these things.
ace ta
Damn flying pixies!
dr. evil lol
yo wtf is that Dr. Evil!????
*havesexdreams