What Do Dreams Mean?

Sigmund Freud's seminal work about the interpretation of dreams popularized the idea of deciphering dreams. All of us dream, some of us remember our dreams with great clarity while some have no recollection whatsoever of their dreams.

Dreams have been interpreted differently in various cultures and Freud has his unique take on them. According to Freud, a bird in ones dream refers to the phallus, while Jung says that a bird is representative of a desire for freedom. When one is being chased in the dream it is an indication of the threats that he/she is facing in the present time.

Most of the experts agree that horses are a symbol of sexuality or fertility. Freud gives a sexual spin to most of the objects that one sees in dreams. He says that if someone sees a house in a dream, it is an indication of his innate desire to visit a brothel.

No one can categorically state what dreams may or may not represent.  We can only ever guess and surmise.  Freud argued that when we dream, we only ever dream of ourselves.  Dreams combine the ego, id and super id, all crying for attention, all expressing themselves and their needs.  
Using this theory, if a man has a dream about a sick child who is female, this could mean that his 'feminine' side is not well and needs to be taken care of and nursed back to health.
Many refute Freud's argument however and feel that it is more likely that the dreams are the voice of the sub-conscious coming through.  For example, a very troubled and worried woman is facing a major problem in her life.  She dreams that she is on a flight.  Something happens to the pilot and she has to fly the plane.  She has never flown an aircraft before, but manages to do it.  This could be the subconscious mind telling the conscious mind that whatever the problem is, she is strong enough to cope.
Another theory is that dreams are just the brains way of sorting out experiences or things that have happened during the day and actually mean nothing.  

They are a series of thoughts and emotions occurring involuntarily during sleep where your sub conscious mind takes over your whole body and you are in alpha mode

I had a dream when i was 15 years old the dream was about what looked to me as a huge castle in this  dark castle with nothing but candles to light it up well i was sitting at this long table and i was dressed in this thin white dress sitting at the mid-del of the table next to me was this thin demon looking creature and this other more tough looking like one at the begging of the table  we had are dinner plates and asked why i was here he told yelled and said your mine i told him i yelled back and through my dish and wine glass on the floor and started to run no clue were  in this huge castle i was going finally i came across this other looking like demon  he was standing by this door i asked please please help me he said no im sorry ica-nt help you but why he did not respond i again pleaded with him told him there after me he said fine but promise you wont do it again had no clue what i did wrong still to this day have no clue but he told me go through this door and open it up i did just that and when i did i woke up out of my dream i have had religious dreams if you want to call it that i real wish i knew what it meant but i have been having crazy dreams like this since i was 9 years old and i remember im now older and still have these kind of dreams but now i just have then once a year telling me things like basically warning others about the end of the world why me have no clue but can you tell me what going on i have never read the bible in my life but i had dreams of chapters  i tod my mom about my dreams then she one-day showed me a photo of how i explained it to her it looked just the same weird thankyou for listening write back

Dreams are repressed feelings that are stored in the subconscious mind. Dreams are a medium to give free-will to your subconscious mind. The subconscious contorts, distorts, tries to seek answers to problems, and seeks the positive-negative repercussions of an event or problem. Dreams in our sleep mean one thing: The body may be resting but the mind keeps on working. Dreams tell us in a camouflaged form of things that we do not pay heed to in reality. The Bible talks about King Nebuchnezzar's dream which was interpreted by Daniel in the royal court. The dream was recorded as Daniel's prophecy of the end times.

A dream can even give you a way to solve a problem. No wonder, people say 'let us sleep over the issue.'  For analyzing or interpreting your dream, go to www.dreammoods.com/a>.