ry system and the patient’s brain waves (Churchill). Rosalind Cartwright has studied dreams for 35 years. She states that “Dreams give us a chance to face situations from real life while our bodies are totally at ease”(Williams 99). Dreams revolve around things that one has experienced in the past, and can be influenced by events that are current in one’s mind. They can be used to help solve problems that someone is dealing with. Cartwright calls dreaming one’s “internal therapist” (Williams 99). People who have certain phobias have been known to treat their phobia by themselves without any psychiatric help. “Dreams help people to overcome obstacles and help the people learn more about themselves and the lives that they live“(Williams 99). Dreams can represent many different areas of people’s lives. Dreams can relay things to a person that he or she are not even aware of. Interpreting one’s dream is a method of self-discovery that lets one in on parts of his or her life that he or she never could have imagined. Carl Jung is correct; it is good to learn the theories on dreams but remember what dreams are…“a living soul.” To try to understand the unconscious mind is a very difficult task. Without having a concrete way to study it, this area could remain one of pure speculation. We could leave it up to therapists asking questions, but that will not give us the proper answer. Maybe the answers to this question have already been presented to us in our dreams, and it is being left to each individual to decipher the message the way in which they see fit. ...
