... not be consciously aware. Freud distinguished between the surface content of dreams and their latent content-the hidden, unconscious thoughts or desires that he believed were expressed indirectly through dreams. In dreams, according to Freud, people allow themselves to express instinctive desires that are relatively free of moral controls. For example, someone not consciously aware of hostile feelings toward their father may ... are caused by feelings that you don't express in real life. If this is true, then an indirect cause to these dreams would be the events that result in those sub...

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