Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Miscellaneous Dream Dream Dreams, we all have them at one time or another, and in one form or another. They can be daydreams, when we’re awake, wishing and hoping for something more (bigger and better) than we already have, or the way we hope things should and would be. Next there is the wish, this is when there is a strong desire for a specific thing, a longing for one particular thing. Then there is the nightmare. They are the dreams that are very disturbing, full of fear and horror. They are often a very scary event played out while one is asleep, although we do not know we are asleep. “Dreams are a sequence of images etc. passing through a sleeping persons mind” (Webster’s 182). Because dreams are often complex and very vivid, many psychologists believe that our dreams are telling us something about ourselves and what we are thinking and feeling at that time. “Dream, the true interpreters of our inclinations” (McKenna 56). Daydream, a mental image that is not real, “A pleasant dream that occurs when one is awake” (Guralink 193).They are mental images that are not real, but the daydreamer can imagine himself in a pleasant surroundings. It is the creative power of the mind that allows one to have a fantasy, to have abstract visions. “A secretion of our thoughts, and through them our thought is purified” (Webster’s 155). A daydream is a passive imagination. “If we mistake these imaginings for reality, they would be called hallucinations” (World 67). Daydreams allow one to temporarily escape from reality, to overcome frustration or satisfy hidden wishes. However when one lives only in his daydreams, he may have a serious mental disorder. The daydreamer may imagine himself as a hero or superstar or a highly successful businessman. These daydreams are universal and may actually help the person’s ambition or creativity. Wish, “a strong desire and longing for a specific thing” (Webster’s 1336). A wish is to hope for something with the expectation of it being fulfilled. We continue to hope and wish for things all our lives, but it seems “Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful” (Digest 49). Our great writers have often used the word wish in their writings. Shakespeare is often quoted in his work, for instance; “Wish-vb. Recommended (a person) to (another), commend to SHR 1. 1. 112. I wish him to her father, SHR 1. 2. 60.” To wish for something is similar to a daydream; however, it is usually for a particular thing, like a bigger and better house or car. Also a wish can be an illusion where one’s perception of reality is mistaken. Nightmare, “A frightening dream, often accompanied by a sensation of oppression and helplessness” (Guralink 505). A nightmare is a dream filled with terror and dread. People once thought nightmares were punishment for something they had done. People with personal problems that are worrying them and overexcited children are the ones most likely to suffer from nightmares. Dreams and nightmares are “A microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul” (Webster’s 154). Dreams and nightmares are recorded as far back as the Bible, for instance Eliphaz tells of a hair-raising mystical experience mediated through a dream in which he claims to have received divine revelation on which he bases his advice to Job. “In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men. Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: (NIV 738). Dreams we all have them. They can be the passive imagination of a daydream, or a wish with the expectation that it will be fulfilled, or it could be a terror filled nightmare. Whatever kind of dream it is, “All dreams are like art, in which even trivial events are animated and brought to a strong state of being” (Bahr 1058). People visualize many different images when you mention the word dream, “A vision in the night” (Webster’s 154). “Fiction that helps to sleep” (Webster’s 154). Or “The imaginary gratification of unconscious wishes” (Webster’s 154). Indeed our dreams can be very complex and vivid, but no one can say for sure whether they are actually subconscious visions of what we are thinking or just our imaginations, doing what it does best, imagining. Bibliography: Word Count: 735
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