Studies in Psychophysiology of Dreams: IV. Relations Among Dreams in Sequence

Autor: TROSMAN, HARRY, RECHTSCHAFFEN, ALLAN, OFFENKRANTZ, WILLIAM, WOLPERT, EDWARD
Zdroj: Archives of General Psychiatry; December 1960, Vol. 3 Issue: 6 p602-607, 6p
Abstrakt: I. INTRODUCTION The interest in sequential dreams here-tofore has been limited by the absence of a method which allowed an accurate determination of dreaming at the time of its occurrence. A review of the literature indicates an appreciation of the presence of multiple dreams during the course of a single night with only, however, a minimal attempt to explain their appearance. Freud1 wrote as follows:In interpreting dreams consisting of several dream sections or, in general, dreams occurring during the same night, the possibility should not be overlooked that separate and successive dreams of this kind may have the same meaning, and may be giving expression to the same impulses in different material. If so, the first of these homologous dreams to occur is often the more distorted and timid, while the succeeding one will be more confident and distinct.Alexander2 pointed out [regarding
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