The secret of 'dream talk'

Fromm, an American psychologist, also believes that dreams use symbolic language. He said, 'All myths and all dreams have one thing in common: they are all in the same language, the language of symbols. It was written.' .

'Babylonian, Indian, Egyptian, Hebrew, and Greek myths are written in the same language. The dreams of people living in New York or Paris are the same as those of people living in Athens or Jerusalem thousands of years ago.' (and our Chinese dream is the same) dream is the ancient and modern universal, universal language, this language is really worth learning! Friends who learn foreign languages, may wish to learn to interpret dreams, dreams from the heart, can be called 'internal language' it. It is good for people to learn both internal and external languages together. Fromm believes that it is difficult to explain how we feel in everyday language. Many of the subtle parts of the mood, can not find the appropriate language to express. The use of symbols can express these subtle feelings. For example: 'Find yourself standing in the countryside at sunset, empty except for a milk truck, with a dilapidated house and unfamiliar surroundings, and no car or subway to get you home.' This scene is a dream, this thing did not happen. But the sense of disorientation and gloom that this dream represents is precisely the state of mind of the dreamer at that time. Fromm divided symbols into three categories: customary symbols, accidental symbols, and universal symbols. We call a barking animal a dog, and a four-legged seat a chair, all symbols of convention. The symbolism doesn't make sense. Barking of the kind of animal we call 'DOG', there are people called 'dog', or called 'big', if a happy everyone is called 'donkey' are not hurt. It is only by convention that we now call him a dog. Another example: the five-star red flag on behalf of the People's Republic of China, the Red Cross on behalf of the hospital, are also a symbol of practice. Accidental symbols have a little intrinsic connection to what they represent. Suppose a man makes love to his girlfriend for the first time on a snowy day. Then, the snow day may be a symbol of love for him in the future. For example, when a person is eating chicken and hears the news of the death of his closest friend, then chicken is a symbol of sadness for him. Since the accidental symbol is derived from one person's experience, it is difficult for others to understand. Universal symbols are closely linked to what they represent. For example, light represents goodness. Justice. Success, etc. Fire represents enthusiasm, courage, strength, vitality and danger, etc. Depravity represents a decline in status, moral corruption, making mistakes, failure, etc. Light, fire, depravity, etc., are universal symbols. These symbols can be understood by anyone, no matter what time or nationality he belongs to. Fromm's classification of symbols, I think, is very appropriate and accurate. In dreams, all three symbols are present, but the latter two are predominant. Fromm believed that any mental activity, the present will appear in the dream. He disagreed with Freud's characterization of dreams as merely 'wish fulfillment.' Fromm believes that when awake, people have to face the outside world, but when sleeping, people do not have to face the outside world, do not have to act, but only need to face the heart. This is why dreaming differs from waking mental activity. For example, I think a person is very insignificant, I dream that he is an ant, which is very reasonable in the dream, it accurately reflects my attitude towards him. But when I'm awake, we can't think of him as an ant, because when I'm awake, I act. Like, if I stomp him to death, I'm guilty of murder. Here is Fromm's interpretation of a dream: 'A man was walking through an orchard when he picked an apple from a tree. A big dog appeared and pounced.' The dream was terrified, so I woke up and shouted for help. Fherheim explained that the dreamer had developed a desire for a married woman. He wants to have sex with her, but he's afraid. And so it is.