o be similar in both children and adults in that they create a sense of vulnerability. Psychiatrist John E. Mack explains the difference in the nature of children and adults nightmares this way: Nightmares occur in response to the characteristic danger situations that human beings confront in the fear of strangers and the dread of abandonment in infancy and the fear of bodily injury in early childhood, and ending with the fears of failure, death and loss of function in adulthood and old ageNightmares may become the prototypic expression of the activities that characterize each stage of development (qtd. In Lewis 175) Although many people have these types of dreams, some do not know when they need help to cure them. Some signs that people should seek help are if they have the same bad dreams, dream about the past all the time, moaning loud and walking, exhaustion due to dreams and injuring oneself. In conclusion we dream for reasons truly unknown other than to fulfill repressed wishes (Sargent 5). Dreams come in many different styles and patterns and although their meanings are really endless, dreams are what inspire us at times, give us ideas, help us in hard times, and warn us. They are fascinating and will always continue to grab the attention of the human mind....
