Why do we Dream?
In the 4th millennium, Asian Egyptians wrote a dream book listing over a hundred common dreams and their meanings and in the years since we haven't paused in our question to understand why we dream? So after a great deal of scientific research, technological advancements and persistence we still do not have any definite answer but we have some interesting theories. Lets us look at some of the theories that may answer our question of why do we dream: 1. We dream to fulfil our wishes: In the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud proposed that while all of our dreams including our nightmares are a collection of images from our daily conscious life. They also have symbolic meaning (like if you see a shoe, in your dream then it is a sign of power, security and strength) which relate to the fulfilment of our subconscious wishes. Freud theorized that everything that we remember when we wake up from a dream is a symbolic representation of our unconscious primitive thoughts, urges and desires. Fre