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Examiner article
I love looking at the Rorschach ink blots to determine if I fall into a "healthy" category or not.
Blot #2
http://www.your3dsource.com/are-you-crazy-inkblot-test.html
According to Your3dSource.com, If you see 2 human like figures in this ink blot, it's healthy otherwise you may have issues relating with people.
I also love all of the classical detail from Freud relevant to his dream interpretation. This is more quoted from
DreamMoods.com:
"Freudian Dream Tools:
According to Freud, dreams
always have a manifest and latent content. The manifest content is what
the dream seems to be saying. It is often bizarre and nonsensical. The
latent content is what the dream is really trying to say. Dreams give us a look
into our unconscious. Freud believes that we can chip through the dream's
manifest content to reveal the underlying significance and its latent by
utilizing the technique of "free association". Using
this technique, you start with one dream symbol and then follow with what
automatically comes to your mind first. You continue in this manner and
see where it leads.
To further help in
interpreting the cryptic images of our dreams, Freud classified the images
into the following five processes:
1. Displacement
This occurs when the
desire for one thing or person is symbolized by something or someone
else.
2. Projection
This happens when the
dreamer propels their own desires and wants onto another person.
3. Symbolization
This is characterized when
the dreamer's repressed urges or suppressed desires are acted out
metaphorically.
4. Condensation
This is the process in
which the dreamer hides their feelings or urges by contracting it or
underplaying it into a brief dream image or event. Thus the meaning of this
dream imagery may not be apparent or obvious.
5. Rationalization
This is regarded as the
final stage of dreamwork. The dreaming mind organizes an incoherent dream into
one that is more comprehensible and logical. This is also known as secondary
revision.
Freud is particularly
preoccupied with sexual content in dreams. He believes that sex is the root
cause of what occurs in your dreams. According to Freud, every long
slender or elongated object (i.e. knife, cigar, gun, etc) represents the
phallus, while any cavity or receptacle (bowl, cave, tunnel, etc) denotes the
female genitalia."
This stuff is so interesting to me, I hope it is to you also!
