Everyone dreams at night, but why do we dream? There are many theories and
interpretation of why are we dreaming. We usually dream at our REM sleep which is
the period of Rapid Eye Movement. But we do dream at NREM sleep as well, Non
Rapid Eye Movement. Our brain will still be functioning while we were asleep. The
common psychological theories of dream are from Sigmund Freud¡¦s ¡§Wish
Fulfillment¡¨ and Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley¡¦s ¡§Activation-synthesis¡¨.
Sigmund Freud¡¦s dream theory is mainly stating that we dream because we need to
accomplish our wish by dreaming. Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley¡¦s dream
theory is saying that we dream because dreaming is random activities that will occur
while we are sleeping. They both have their own interpretation, but after my research
I can say that Sigmund Freud¡¦s ¡§Wish Fulfillment¡¨ is valid and reliable.
Sigmund Freud was the father of psychoanalysis, a major school......
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