Psychology

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Dream Infographic Summary

Azra Ramic

PSY101CC1

03/03/2022

Summary of the Visual Representation

Emotional dreams are commonly caused by emotions of fear, anxiety, and surprise. I had a dream of being late for an exam. Having the exams, I had to study late hours and wake up early because I was anxious that I was not prepared. These emotions caused my dream, and I was in stress that I had events to attend to, do the assignments and at the same time revise for the final exams. The many events running on my mind indeed indicate that my dream was an emotional one. Psychoanalysis of the cognitive view of dream explained my dream exactly compared to other theories. Marti (2019) claims that if you don't tackle bad emotions when you're awake, your brain will try to resist them, which will lead the emotions to surface in your dreams.

Sleep is an essential aspect to every individual, for me spending more hours doing the assignments and sleeping a few hours aroused a dream that I could fail the exam. Sleeping for fewer hours, one’s brain do not have time to organize information and regenerate it (Scarpelli et al., 2019). Therefore, having high emotions and stress made me dream because my mind had to process all the information I gathered from consciousness. I felt unprepared and did not achieve what I wanted, contributing to my dream.

References

Scarpelli, S., Bartolacci, C., D'Atri, A., Gorgoni, M., & De Gennaro, L. (2019). The functional role of dreaming in emotional processes. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 459.

Marti, D. (2019, June 28). How Emotions Enter Our Dreams and Impact Our Health. https://wbplincoln.org/how-emotions-enter-our-dreams-and-impact-our-health