What our dreams mean: a psychotherapist reveals the secrets of the subconscious

The fact that dreams can predict certain events is a very controversial fact. But the fact that dreams reflect the processes that are happening to us at the present time is proven by science. Psychotherapist Ekaterina Sigitova told about the 10 most common dreams, from the point of view of psychoanalytics and psychotherapy. Perhaps you will find among them those that visit you at night.

Interpretation of dreams is a very individual process and for maximum accuracy it is necessary to consider the context and history of each person. The same images in different cases can mean opposite phenomena, so you should not take the information provided by the specialist literally.

This dream plot in general terms can be associated with the fact that you are ashamed and worried about your vulnerability associated with some secret side of your personality, unknown to others. If you dream that you are naked in a crowded place or in transport, this often indicates the fear that your secret side will ever be seen.

Clothing is part of our protection, and in addition, it helps to create a particular image that does not always coincide with our inner content. Therefore, such dreams can also be a consequence of uncertainty, defenselessness and experience in the face of people around you.

In general terms, we can say that such dreams are a reflection of a feeling of loss of control and a consequence of some related failures or unpleasant moments. It can also be a feeling of "everything is lost" or a fear of failure, which will have serious consequences.

If you dream not of falling, but of jumping from a height, then this is often associated with the desire to solve a certain problem, to finish something that creates trouble or poisons life. Some experts believe that such a dream may well reflect the fear of success.

This is a reflection of the situation when you are evaluated by more adult or influential figures, compared to whom you are in a "childish" position. You are afraid of failing the test, not meeting the expectations, disappointing these people. In a word, this is a consequence of the "non-maturation" of some part of you.

Perhaps you have once suffered from someone's negative judgments, found yourself in a situation where adults negatively assessed your actions. Sometimes dreams with exams and answers in the classroom can also talk about the fear of success, as well as dreams with stories of falling or flying.

In general terms, such a dream can be characterized as an experience of being powerless in some situation. Perhaps you are afraid of not being in the right place at a time when your presence there will be important, or you are afraid that you will simply not be heard and this will have consequences. Such images are also associated with a lack of attention to your needs from people around you.

Any house that we dream about is a metaphor of the psyche. And everything that is in it-furniture, objects, animals or people-are unconscious visual images in your psyche. People undergoing psychotherapy sessions often say that they have dreams that they have found a certain room in their house, the existence of which was known, but the entrance to which was previously hidden.

Very often, patients dream that they are putting things in order in this new room for themselves, making repairs there, finding some interesting and important objects inside, and even residents. The analysis of such dreams is complex and voluminous — they can have both positive and negative colors.

The plot of a dream in which a new child is unexpectedly discovered or a missing child is found can have two meanings. In the first case, it is the fear of missing something in the upbringing of a child or even in your own life. These are dreams typical of hyper-responsible and anxious mothers who strive to give their children the maximum of everything.

In the second case, we can talk about your own unrealized need for care and love, which is pushed into the background due to the appearance of a child. It is likely that your inner child asks you not to forget about him, devoting time and effort to your children.

Most likely, such a dream is associated with the recognition of something important and valuable by other people, if you yourself can not achieve this recognition on your own. The celebrity figure symbolizes the sudden discovery by others of your talents, professional qualities, individual characteristics or even external attractiveness.

In our dreams, being late or in a hurry most often symbolizes a situation when there is "too much of everything" around you. At the same time, there is a real neurotic fear of losing control of the situation, missing something or even forgetting. This often indicates an inability or unwillingness to pass a certain "point of no return", to give up many opportunities in favor of one thing.

If in a dream you broke something, broke, soiled or even injured and killed someone, then this indicates a struggle within you of two drives — destructive and creative. You may have a subconscious belief that destructive forces are winning and in dreams you will hopelessly break something, spoil and hurt.

During therapy, such dreams change over time — they have a desire to fix something, repair, restore, compensate. If this is successful, then there is a belief in their regenerating powers, which can be considered a very good sign for the patient.

These dreams speak of serious changes and, possibly, loss of control over them. It also happens that the images are associated with physical problems that a person may not yet feel due to the absence of symptoms. What matters is what you are driving and what happens after you lose control of the car.

If you crash into something and something terrible happens, then this dream may have the same meaning as the one in which you cause damage. If you yourself die or get injured, then such a dream is similar to the one in which you fall from a height.

The dreams described here are relatively simple and you can not even attach importance to them, but there are complex, unpleasant and exhausting nightmares. Photographer Rock Maureen studies these dreams, for which he travels around the world.