Do they actually mean anything or psychologically prepare you for something? Or are dreams just the brain's way of fucking with you when you wake up just when you're about to have your first kiss?
I'd wager they're just another means of data processing - its purely anecdotal evidence, sure, but I find that I dream about things quite a bit after I've read/studied about them.
>>7708751
There is evidence now that dreams are a form of learning that takes place while you sleep, strengthening connections in memory.
Also why does everyone use the same picture of Freud in every /psy/ post? Let me guess, it was the first thing on google.
>>7708751
Freud was a deeply delusional psychopath trying to make his neuroses the world's. Put no faith in anything he had to say about anything
>>7709805
This. He was basically a professional in psychological projection.
It's an enigmatic field of study but the theory that dreams process subconscious data and strengthen relevant neural connections is accepted by many.
William James is the true father of psychology.
Defragmenting the files in your brain
>>7709873
Basically this, and also organising new data for quick retrieval in the future (or 'search indexing')
>>7708751
They're God's phone home routine where all your sins are uploaded and graces are downloaded. The imagery is subliminal advertising/messages and shared dreams are just load balancing during heavy traffic.
