uch related to the unconscious part of people’s minds (Lukeman 61). During dreaming, the mind travels from the conscious to the unconscious. Dreaming allows the unconscious part of the mind to relay all information to the person that sometimes that the person does not even know exists. “One’s unconscious mind does not deal with issues such as morality, ethics, or cultural essentials” (Lukeman 62). People are intimidated by the thought of the unconscious; they do not like the thought of having something not completely under their control. Through analyzing a patient’s unconscious mind, a therapist may be able to see parts of the patient that they may not recognize. Freudian theory deals with the issue that the unconscious involves memories that stem from the person’s childhood. Childhood memories may affect the person today and may even be relayed through the unconscious. Through therapy, a person may become aware of their problems and other things that are bothering them. Dreams also have a way of telling a person about sickness and disease. “Dreams are sometimes trying to tell a person that he need to stop doing something or start doing something for his own well being“(Garfield). “If we pay attention, our dreaming consciousness will forewarn and advise us about health of our bodies and the course of any disease process with which we are involved“(Lukeman 4). Shakespeare even states that sleep and dreams are “nature’s soft nurse” (Cartwright 5). Some people have a certain fear about dreams because dreams are part of the unconscious and out of their control. They feel that if they have a dream about something like death, then death is in the near future. “When dealing with dreams like this, people would rather not find out what the dream means“(Lukeman 67). Another way of looking into the unconscious through personal interpretations of dreams. Once...
