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An Example of How Psychoanalysts Really Interpret Dreams

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files

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Dream Work Protects the Ego From Threatening Ideas and Wishes

Psychoanalytic terms: Dream work protects the ego from threatening ideas and wishes. In other words, dreams disguise what we do not want to know about our own feelings. So all throughout this visit with this ex girl friend, she's hiding her feelings. She's pretending to be ok with everything right? Underneath, however, she's really seething with anger and jealousy,. But not even just trying to hide it from the fiance but herself too.

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