According to Freud, the reason why we dream is a 'daytime residue' that spills over into the night. When you are going through something that you can't deal with, when your defences are not adequate enough to deal with the trauma in consciousness, that is when your subconscious mind tries to play it out.
Nightmares are caused by both psychological and physical reasons.If a person is hungry while going to bed or has fever, nightmares can occur as we see in children..Freud was not able to complete his study on dreams and nightmares , which in fact was studied further by his student Ernest Jones. He concluded that nightmares are a result of a powerful wish and an equally powerful repression ! Later Psychologists like Ernest Hartmann went deep into the psyche and more revelations came out ..
Personally I feel that our mind is so complex that no amount of research will be able to pin point any one reason or even a few relevant reasons as to why nightmares occur. We keep coming up with new facts and change old beliefs and so on.Bu t both dreams and nightmares are fascinating subjects of study !
About human Brain's complexity, here is an interesting article. There are many hidden facts and still unknown aspects about Brain.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9969-introduction-the-human-brain/
I see. anyhow i could understand more about the night mares in the previous thread when you provided about the Freud. And I too had this experience of night mares when I had typhoid. My sleep got interrupted and it took some time to know that it was the effect of typhoid. Later, of course my doctor too said about the reason for my night mare.
I encounter nightmares very frequently but have no idea why it occurs to me. I wake up abruptly but the best part is, most of the times I can't recollect what was the nightmare. It seems it's in my mind and I can recollect it easily but ultimately I never succeed in presenting it clearly. The whole thing is so complicated and fishy as well as quite disturbing.
Night mares are certainly disruptive. You wake up from your sleep with a jolt. This generally happens as said in the link article due to unfulfilled desires which are suppressed by force. But these desires live in your subconscious and come out causing havoc . When you are extremely weak owing to an ailment or hungry, such nightmares occur,.
There are various theories regarding why they happen. Some believe it is what plays in your mind subconsciously. We encounter many things in a day, some are unpleasant which lead to various worries, anxiety, fear and other negative emotions. The cumulative effect is nightmare. It is further affected when someone is unwell and not in a happy state of mind.One the other hand pleasant experiences and happy thoughts lead to dreams. If one is relaxed ,tension free and healthy nightmares are rare.
According to Freud, the reason why we dream is a 'daytime residue' that spills over into the night. When you are going through something that you can't deal with, when your defences are not adequate enough to deal with the trauma in consciousness, that is when your subconscious mind tries to play it out.This is mentioned in the article link. For exmple people who commit wrong things will be haunted by such nightmares.
Of course the the other things you mentioned like dreams of such kind take place in those people who are in bad health.
That's because you are hale and healthy. If one is hale and healthy and happy with their lives and laughing as part of their lives, such nightmares may not take place. I too do not dream nightmares . If fallen asleep, i sleep a sound sleep without dreams. What to speak of nightmares.
bhuyali saroj wrote:very less nightmares i have been encountered with but only some of them effected me because many of them i forget when i wake up
@ Anil..
I am agree with Usha ji nightmares are dreams both are psychological and physical. I have nightmares which unrest me. I have problem of sleeplessness. What I dream and nightmares most of them, I remember all these when I wake up.
Most people are never able to recollect their dreams or nightmares , the more you focus and try to recollect, the farther it seems to go. Many studies have been conducted on this subject and the best advise given was to keep a paper and pen handy and write down everything you remember as soon as you wake up without trying to focus, so that at least some bits are remembered.This was done for study purpose and was apparently helpful.
I had nightmares during my childhood. I often saw dead body processions in sleep. For this reason only, my parents changed the house. Now I often see myself in awkward position in dream viz. without any clothing among guests. I also dream that I am falling from some high places or from stairs. But now I am not so scared. all is well.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:I had nightmares during my childhood. I often saw dead body processions in sleep. For this reason only, my parents changed the house. Now I often see myself in awkward position in dream viz. without any clothing among guests. I also dream that I am falling from some high places or from stairs. But now I am not so scared. all is well.
Yes sir. these are all common night mares like being chased by a snake, missing the train and falling from a high mountain. These fears which we think in the conscious condition. And these fears go in to our subconscious. They surface up some day or other.
Good to know now you do not have such night mares.
rambabu wrote:Night mares are certainly disruptive. You wake up from your sleep with a jolt. This generally happens as said in the link article due to unfulfilled desires which are suppressed by force. But these desires live in your subconscious and come out causing havoc . When you are extremely weak owing to an ailment or hungry, such nightmares occur,.
Person who is done enough Physical labor never have dreams and nightmares. Vo Ghodey bechkar sota hai.
anil wrote:rambabu wrote:Night mares are certainly disruptive. You wake up from your sleep with a jolt. This generally happens as said in the link article due to unfulfilled desires which are suppressed by force. But these desires live in your subconscious and come out causing havoc . When you are extremely weak owing to an ailment or hungry, such nightmares occur,.
Person who is done enough Physical labor never have dreams and nightmares. Vo Ghodey bechkar sota hai.
True. A healthy person will not be affected by night mares. Those who are unhealthy dream night mares. I enjoy night after night a sound and dreamless sleep.
A person has to actually worry when he has dreamless sleep because it is part of a healthy sleep cycle or else it is because he or she is simply unable to recollect it because it is very essential for us to dream and most healthy people have dreams at night , nightmares are rare and occur only when there is mental disturbance of some kind or post traumatic stress disorder which can be the reason.
http://www.pwpotential.org/importance-dreams
@rambabu