The secret of dream language

American psychologist Fromm also believes that dreams use symbolic language. He said: "all myths and all dreams have something in common: they are all written in the same language, symbolic language;.

&The myths of Babylon, India, Egypt, Hebrew and Greece are written in the same language. People who live in New York or Paris have the same dreams as people who lived in Athens or Jerusalem thousands of years ago;. (the same as our Chinese dream)

Dream is a universal language in the world. It's really worth learning! If you are learning a foreign language, you may as well learn to interpret dreams. Dreams come from the heart, which can be called "inner language". It is good for people to learn both internal and external languages.

Fromm believes that it is difficult for us to explain our inner feelings clearly in everyday language. Many subtle parts of the mood, can not find the appropriate language to express. The use of symbols can express these subtle feelings. For example:

&"At sunset, I find myself standing in the suburbs. Except for a milk cart, it's empty all around. The house is dilapidated and the environment is strange. You can't find a car or subway to let you go home. &"This scene is a dream, which has never happened. However, the feeling of loss and gloom expressed in this dream is exactly the dreamer's state of mind at that time.

Fromm divides symbols into three categories: conventional symbols, accidental symbols and universal symbols. We call a barking animal a "dog" and a four legged seat a chair, which are symbols of convention. There is no reason for this symbol. We call the animal that barks "dog" and some people call it "dog" or "big". If you're happy, you can call it "donkey". It's a convention that we call it a dog now. Another example: the five-star red flag represents the people's Republic of China, and the red cross represents the hospital, which is also a symbol of convention.

There is a little inner connection between the symbol of chance and the things it represents. If someone first courted his girlfriend on a snowy day. Then, the snowy day may be a symbol of love for him. Another example is that when a person is eating chicken and hears the news of his best friend's death, chicken is a symbol of sadness for him. Because the symbol of chance comes from one person's experience, it is difficult for others to understand.

Universal symbols are closely related to the things they represent. For example, light represents kindness. Justice. Fire represents passion, courage, strength, vitality and danger, while depravity represents decline in status, moral corruption, mistakes, failures, etc. Light, fire and depravity are universal symbols. No matter who he is, no matter what age he belongs to, he can understand these symbols.

I think Fromm's classification of symbols is very appropriate and accurate. In dreams, these three kinds of symbols exist, but mainly the latter two.

Fromm thought: any psychological activity, now will appear in the dream. He didn't agree with Freud's view that dreams were merely "wish fulfillment.";.

Fromm thinks: when awake, people have to face the outside world, while when sleeping, people do not have to face the outside world, do not have to act, but only need to face the heart. This is the reason why the mental activity of dream is different from that of waking. For example, I think that a person is very insignificant. I dream that he is an ant in my dream. This is very reasonable in my dream. It accurately reflects my attitude towards him. But when sober, we can't treat him as an ant, because when sober, I will act. For example, if I killed him, I would be guilty of murder.

Here is a dream of Fromm

&A man was passing an orchard when he picked an apple from a tree. A big dog appears and pounces. &"The dream was so scared that she woke up and cried for help.

Fahheim explains that the dreamer has a desire for a married woman. He wanted to have sex with her, but he was afraid.

That's true.