... motivated by a childhood wish. Also, according to Freud, nothing in a dream is fiction; everything is Taylor-2 biologically determined, influenced by instinctual needs and personal experiences. (Freud, pp. 22-34) Probably one of the most interesting ideas among these theories is his theory of dream occurrence. Dreams occur in a state of "ego collapse" when the demands of the Id (imperative bodily needs ... , the generation of affect in dreaming may not be as reliable as the generation of other forms of dream imagery. Dream affect generally seems to be consistent with the larger narrative...

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