Archetype Of Dreaming
According to all laws of psychology, dreaming is a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during REM sleep. Many people like to believe that they do not dream, but the truth is, everyone dreams every night. The catch is, many people do not remember their dreams. For an AP Psychology project, I had to cut away my bad habits and try to dream every night. I recorded my dreams on a paper next to my bed, immediately after waking up. This is the outcome… Throughout my entire life, and during the process of this project, I have had a reoccurring dream. I am in the first home from when I was little. All the walls are white and the house seems to be very quite. Out of nowhere I picture myself waking up
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He associates seven archetypes with dreams; the persona, the shadow, the anima, the divine child, the wise old person, the great mother, and lastly the trickster. Each of these archetypes represent something, but the one that is most prominent in my dream is the shadow. The shadow in my dream is the gigantic marble. The marble is the rejected and repressed aspects of myself. It is the part of myself that I do not want the world to see because it is ugly or unappealing. It symbolizes weakness, fear, or anger. The marble forced me to confront things that I don't want to see or hear. Apparently I must learn to accept the shadow because it is for my own good. The interpretation that was most valid for me was Jung’s Archetypes. This is so because the marble/shadow is something that I am trying to run away from. I have been avoiding something my whole life and that is why the nightmare will not go away. I have discovered that if I confront this demon, the dream will stop happening. I truly believe that our dreams are trying to tell us something and we should not avoid them. In conclusion, dreaming is something that should be explored deeper and I will definitely be keeping a dream journal next to my bed
He associates seven archetypes with dreams; the persona, the shadow, the anima, the divine child, the wise old person, the great mother, and lastly the trickster. Each of these archetypes represent something, but the one that is most prominent in my dream is the shadow. The shadow in my dream is the gigantic marble. The marble is the rejected and repressed aspects of myself. It is the part of myself that I do not want the world to see because it is ugly or unappealing. It symbolizes weakness, fear, or anger. The marble forced me to confront things that I don't want to see or hear. Apparently I must learn to accept the shadow because it is for my own good. The interpretation that was most valid for me was Jung’s Archetypes. This is so because the marble/shadow is something that I am trying to run away from. I have been avoiding something my whole life and that is why the nightmare will not go away. I have discovered that if I confront this demon, the dream will stop happening. I truly believe that our dreams are trying to tell us something and we should not avoid them. In conclusion, dreaming is something that should be explored deeper and I will definitely be keeping a dream journal next to my bed