I just remember that my dreams when I was younger appear to be more vivid than what they are now. Upon reaching adulthood, my dreams started to wane and at best I could not recall any dream upon waking up.

    According to experts, in a typical lifespan, humans spend a total of six years dreaming. There is yet no consensus or established explanation why we dream. That is why, there are theories that try to explain this phenomenon.

    I gathered some of these theories and came up with eight explanations why we dream:

    Adler's Theory. Dreams were a way of addressing our insecurities. In a dream we can safely face things that would otherwise scare us. We can try out strategies for overcoming our shortcomings or simply compensate for them via wish-fulfillment.
Freud's Theory. Freud believes that we dream mainly because we want to fulfill our wishes. In other words, we dream mainly to fulfill our desires.

    Jung's Theory. He suggested that dreams may compensate for one-sided attitudes held in waking consciousness.
Hartmann's Theory. Dreams, he said, function like psychotherapy. What someone cannot do during waking life, he tries to fulfill in his dreams.

    Griffen's Theory. Dreams provide a venue to satisfy an emotional expectation. This lowers stress on the dreamer.
Hobson and McCarley's Theory. Dreams were simply the result of random electrical brain impulses that pulled imagery from traces of experience. Our brain tries to make sense of what these imageries mean and our mind creates stories out of it.

    Hall's Theory. He argued that a dream was simply a thought or sequence of thoughts. Dream images are the dreamer's own personal construct.
Cayce Theory. More inclined on the spiritual explanations, he claimed that through dreaming, people are given access to their spirit. Well, these dream theories appear to point out that dreaming is a personal thing. Each one has a unique dream not dreamt by anybody else. And I would suggest that the best explanation to our dreams should come from ourselves.
Besides, we cannot dwell on our dreams. We have to face our everyday realities. If you dream good, enjoy it. If not, wake up!

    我只是記得我年輕時(shí)候做的夢(mèng)比我現(xiàn)在做的夢(mèng)記得清楚得多。成年以后，我的夢(mèng)開始減少了而且我醒來后記不起任何東西。

    根據(jù)專家所言，典型的一個(gè)人的一生要花一共六小時(shí)來做夢(mèng)。關(guān)于為什么我們會(huì)做夢(mèng)至今還沒有達(dá)成共識(shí)或者既定的解釋。這就是為什么，有如此多的理論試著來解釋這一現(xiàn)象。

    我摘錄了這些理論中的一部分列舉了我們?yōu)槭裁醋鰤?mèng)的八個(gè)解釋。

    1. 阿德勒的理論。夢(mèng)是一種消除我們的不安全感的方式。在夢(mèng)中我們能夠安然地面對(duì)在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中會(huì)令我們害怕的事情。我們能夠通過如愿以償?shù)姆绞絿L試種種策略來戰(zhàn)勝我們的弱點(diǎn)或者只是簡(jiǎn)單地對(duì)它們進(jìn)行補(bǔ)償。

    2. 弗洛伊德的理論。弗洛伊德認(rèn)為我們做夢(mèng)主要是因?yàn)槲覀兿胍獙?shí)現(xiàn)我們的愿望。換句話 說，我們做夢(mèng)主要是為了滿足自己的欲望。

    3. 榮格的理論。他的觀點(diǎn)是夢(mèng)是對(duì)清醒意識(shí)的片面態(tài)度的一種補(bǔ)償。

    4. 哈特曼的理論。他說，夢(mèng)的功能類似于心理療法。在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中不能做的事情，他會(huì)在夢(mèng)境中試著實(shí)現(xiàn)。

    5. 格里芬的理論。夢(mèng)提供了一個(gè)滿足情感期待的地方。這給做夢(mèng)的人緩解了壓力。

    6. 霍布森和麥卡利的理論。夢(mèng)僅僅是隨機(jī)發(fā)放的大腦電信號(hào)把過往的經(jīng)歷變成意象。我們的大腦試著弄清楚這些意象的含義和我們創(chuàng)造的故事。

    7. 霍爾的理論。他認(rèn)為夢(mèng)僅僅是一種想法或一系列的想法。夢(mèng)的意象是做夢(mèng)者自己的創(chuàng)造。

    8. 凱西的理論。他認(rèn)為更多的傾向于精神上的解釋，他聲稱通過做夢(mèng)，人們得到通向他們心靈的途徑。這些夢(mèng)的理論指出夢(mèng)是一件個(gè)人的事。每個(gè)人都有其它人沒有的自己獨(dú)一無二的夢(mèng)。我認(rèn)為關(guān)于我們的夢(mèng)最好的解釋來自我們自己。

    此外，我們不能停留在我們的夢(mèng)境中。我們不得不面對(duì)生活現(xiàn)實(shí)，如果你做了個(gè)美夢(mèng)，好好享受，如果你做了個(gè)噩夢(mèng)，那么趕緊醒來吧！