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Thesis Statement about Dreams?
I'm a sophomore in high school, writing a research paper in Literature class. Our teacher is letting us choose any topic, as long as its related to the humanities. He approved of my topic of "Dreams" but I have no idea how to narrow that down to a specific topic/thesis statement. Right now, I have "According to Sigmund Freud's theory, dreams do have significance" It's obviously too vague though. Something about how dreams have significance in the mind, or even like using dreams in therapy? THANKS! :)
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- AlanLv 49 years agoFavorite Answer
according to s. freud, dreams indicate subconscious desires or impulses, which will guide therapy sessions to the eventual benefit of the patient, by uncovering repressed feelings.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
Freud believed that the unconscious held repressed material, and that interpreting dreams could help unlock the mystery.
In general, neurosis can be described as any mental illness caused by distress, where the individual remains functional, such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, low self esteem, unexplained anger, various phobias, etc. The distress is caused by unconscious conflict. Sigmund Freud coined the term "repression", where the individual suppresses instincts, such as sexuality, because of the threat of criticism or punishment from family, collegues, society, etc. Freud developed the treatment method known as psychoanalysis, which was adopted by Carl Jung and others, and is still in use today. In psychoanalysis, the doctor encourages the patient to talk about their history, life, dreams, etc. In this way, the doctor hopes to uncover what has been suppressed, and is causing the neurosis. Once discovered, and revealed to the patient, a way of properly expressing this instinct can now be searched for.
- Anonymous9 years ago
when you start thinking anything in broad sense everythings becomes vague so its depends on you how you think what you gonna write. just entering into the topic or go to deepth. write according to your need.