What Are Dreams For?
夢是什么?
One theory is that we dream to release the deep, secret desires.
有一種理論是說我們在夢中釋放深層的、潛藏的欲望。
We do not express these desires in real life because of the rules of polite society.
在現實生活中,因為文明社會的條條框框,我們不會表達出這些欲望。
Another theory is that dreams allow us to solve problems that we can't solve in real life.
另一種理論是說夢允許我們去解決現實生活中無法解決的難題。
We go to sleep with the problem and wake up with the solution.
我們帶著問題入睡,帶著解決方法醒來。
This may be a way to use our dreams rather than a purpose of dreaming.
這或許是一種使用夢的方法而非做夢的目的。
If you believe that your dreams are important, then analyzing them may help you to focus on the problem and help you to find the solution.
如果你相信你的夢是重要的,分析它們或許會幫助你專注于問題并找到解決方法。
The modern image is that dreams are the brain's way of cleaning up the computer's hard disk.
如今,夢被看作是大腦中類似電腦硬盤的清理過程。
Dreams organize the events of the day into folders and delete what is not needed.
在夢中,一天的事情被分門別類地整理好,而不必要的則會被刪除。
But we all know that very little of what we dream is concerned with what happen to us that day.
但是我們都清楚,我們做夢夢到的很少會跟我們當天發生的事情有所關聯。