I find myself in a lecture hall. I look up at the wall and I can see a religious symbol which seems to change shape each time I look at it. I realise I am waiting on a religious speaker appearing on stage however I have the feeling that I am not going to agree with what will be said. I notice that I am wearing a vicars collar which I try and hide with my hand. Continue >>
Archive for January, 2010
Dreams and Depression
According to Griffin (2004) dreaming and depression are connected. People who are depressed seem to dream more than “healthy” people and they also have more intense dreams. The reason for this is that a depressed person spends a lot of their time worrying and reflecting internally on the negative. According to Griffin’s expectation fulfilment theory only “unexpressed emotionally arousing concerns” from the previous day will appear in dreams (see http://www.insomnium.co.uk/dream-theory/how-to-interpret-dreams/) therefore all this negative introspection and worry that a depressed person engages in is never acted upon and will be emotionally arousing. This will therefore become the subject of their dreams and due to the amount of negative intropection they will dream excessively and their dreams will be more intense as the mind attempts to act out and deactivate the unexpressed emotions. Continue >>
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