Throughout our lives we have experienced dream activity, but have we ever wondered if there is a hidden meaning behind it? We fall asleep, then dream, then wake up without even remembering the smallest parts of our dreams. After a while, we seem to accept it as a normal thing and not think about it further. Dreams can be mysterious, even frightening, because they can change suddenly with unusual elements, but understanding the meaning of our dreams can be very enlightening. As the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud stated that dreams are a representation of unconscious desires, thoughts, emotions, actions and motivations. I believe that dreams are a path to the unconscious and a way of discovering oneself. Not only do we dream of fulfilling a wish, but also of solving problems more effectively in our daily lives. One of the meanings we can interpret from dreams is the discovery of true personal thoughts, emotions and desires. As mentioned previously, Sigmund Freud suggests in his book The Interpretation of Dreams that he believes that the content of a dream has been disguised as the dreamer's unconscious wishes. No matter what kind or type of dream we have, it can be seen as a way to get something you want. However, another dream theorist, Carl Jung, shared some beliefs with Freud to some extent, but stated: "Dreams revealed both the personal and collective unconscious and believed that symbolic objects or figures in dreams represented attitudes repressed by the conscious mind. » Dreams are a way of communicating with the mind, spirit and body in a symbolic and communicative environmental state of being. In contrast, Freud, who believed that symbols represented unconscious thoughts, Jung believed that in the middle of the article ......01 December 2013.Feldman, Robert S. "States of Consciousness". Essential elements for understanding psychology. 10th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2013. 133-52. Print.Turner, Rebecca. "Why do we dream? Modern theories of dreams." Why do we dream? Modern dream theories. Lucid Dream World, nd Web. December 1, 2013.Newltz, Annalee and Joseph Bennington Castro. “10 theories that explain why we dream.” Io9. Np, and Web. December 1, 2013. Inc., Dream Moods. “Dream Moods: Dream Research: The importance of dreams.” Dream Moods: Research on Dreams: The Importance of Dreaming. Dream Moods, Inc., and Web. December 1, 2013.Aguerro, Joel. “Why do we dream?” End your sleep deprivation. End-Your-Sleep-Deprivation.com, and Web. November 30, 2013. Griffin, Joe. “Other dream theories.” Other dream theories. Joe Griffin, Ivan Tyrrell and Human Givens Publishing Ltd., nd Web. November 30. 2013.