Why do we dream in metaphor?

[CongratifySite]

interesting 

[soccerkat0214]

I dream all the time but there not always memories. I have dreams of the near future and within a year it really happens, I dream of things I wish would happen, I dream of things that are nonsense like me flying or driving a car crazy like and not getting in trouble at all and I dream nightmares of random bad things. But mostly about this guy I really like but still why do I dream some of these things?

[JesusRealTV]

ATHEISTS CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE FEELINGS CHECK THIS VIDEO

watch?v=EbTdClePK94

[breakingbenjaminguy2]

ok can he awnser why i can feel everything i can do in my dreams?

[lyrical7777777]

Why do we dream in metaphor?

wat a question

[cayterr]

hmmmm..... not sure how i feel about this one

[edimk25]

bull shit i had sex with a coworker in my dream and i liked it! but i also had in real life!..dream was first tho! :

[RebalArts]

soo wait this has something to do with memories ? then why do we dream some metal crap haha or bad dreams that scare the hell out of people at times like of course it has to have a faulse memorie dosnt it ? because like we didnt have a second life and it maes up some weird stuff lol can any one please answer my comment i would be realy greatful THANK U

[PeacefulStrife]

@RebalArts ok, so, memories in the sense that the brain has kept a record of what you FELT. The brain uses this record of what we FELT as a template to dream in METAPHOR. So having mental crap in your dream does not mean that you experienced it in life and of course it is not a false memory (you're starting to delve a bit into hypnosis).

[deanmullen10]

Just thinking maybe our life is a dream, then when we die we wake up from that dream, and the next life is another dream, then we die and wake up into another reality, maybe life is just a really long dream, and theres a cycle of just waking up throughout every life,

[bushno33]

@deanmullen10 wow never thought of it like that..nice!!

[enricokorderos]

Okay, so, if a dreams purpose is to metaphorically play out repressed emotions in situations, then what if the emotions you feel in the dream are also repressed?

Example: Cameron Diaz is flirting with you and instead of "indulging" in her you doubt yourself and instead don't do anything.

P.S. Just woke from a dream where someone asked me this question and I thought it was a pretty good one for this lecture.

[cosmicmanik]

read Freud people! read Freud!

[PeacefulStrife]

@cosmicmanik Why?? His theories of dreaming have been completely discredited.

[redeaglealb]

i have 2 things to say

1,i had a dream that i neva seen,heard touch in real life, and im suree. why did i have it?

2, to have a good dream sleep at 10:00 max 10:30 at night that u'l have a really good dream

if it doesnt happen than do it agian im 100% that if u do what i said u will have a good relaxing dram

[DavidTheSilencer]

or you can chew on some dream herbs before you go to bed.. makes the dream 5X stronger !

[brandnew8816]

Drmeaning is a gift from God, I dont know why people always thumb down comments about this. A dream led Joseph and mary to safety to give birth the Jesus.

[sem3ability]

oh for real? and your a hundred percent sure that that happened. theres no possibility that it is just a fictional story?

Sorry for the blasphomy but god dammit im preety sure religous people conciously ignore there logic.

[nakabar]

yes, that's how the fictional story goes.

[uaintgothebollocks]

i love dreaming , if we could all record our dreams there would be some proper class films in the cinema, iv had some mental ones ! lol

[xfantafoox]

i believe are just a preditor thing , the lion chases something up a tree gets abit anxious and has a joke of a time getting back down then whilst having a afternoon nap the brain will go over it over and over in every single situation that can occur and mr lion may remmeber some of it but when awake again the lion will climb and do kungfoo kicks off it like a pro i guess we have a simular thing but has evolved into one big emotional disorder

[Ninja5aif]

Dreaming is a gift from God (Allah)

[AudiTy01]

I had no idea, how interesting.

[Ninja5aif]

Well thank u for taking ur fasination in my comment

[AllHeart89]

i don't understand why i dream of always being captured assaulted and then i try to get away with someone something running behind me then i wake up

[dopeskies]

means u gonna get jumped and beat down then chased again by some homeboys

[uaintgothebollocks]

haha

[thelostlevels]

everyone should read the 'Human Givens' book. It's really amazing and answers many big life long questions

[andersen781]

@thelostlevels send it to me

[yourbuddy7]

that was briliant very thought provoking

[marmadukesphinx]

Everytime I watch this video this part of the expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming gets clearer and clearer. If you don't follow Joe's explanation fully at first, continue watching it (praps after a few days) and your understanding of it will grow

[dead368]

Interesting.

[dan19878]

Love the videos, I will be posting these on a page on my site (yourfreedomarea. com) if you don't mind.

[mindfieldscollege]

dan - that's fine please go ahead - and thanks!!

[brainstormy]

It sounds really interesting, but for me, as a non-native English speaker, it's slightly too complicated.

[AudiTy01]

Don't worry I'm English and it's not 100% clear to me, lol.

[mindfieldscollege]

Joe talks very fast and it can take a bit of getting used to!