Status Updates From Introduction à la psychanalyse

Assertion that all dreams somewhat have a degree of a wish-fulfilment; that wish-fulfilment is better understood in cases of dreamers’ interpretations in which certain articles are associated to recent events occurred. Answering criticisms on dream association of over-reliability of the dreamer and of ambiguity using comparative linguistics.

Mechanisms of a dream, associations of sexual desire and of death through sample dreams, introduction to child psychology, psychological complexes of children, methods of parental involvement in education of children towards building a healthy constitution via utilising the means of inhibiting perversion.

Symbolism of dreams mostly have sexual connotations. The physical forms of the male and the female reproductive organ are represented by anything that resembles of them or of sexual intercourse. Trees, weapons, earth, climbing a ladder, fire, oven, an inflating balloon, any kind of “material” from “mater”, mountains, landscapes, flowers, fruits, being in a room, a door, a key, ships, and so much more.

The repulsiveness of certain dreams in which latent thoughts, sexual desires or regrets are present may cause the conscious to censor them via emotional instability. Freud advises the dreamer to be patient and to give effort in order to understand the reasoning behind the association of these particular dreams.

the insight into stuff he's refuting is so interesting lol i love accidental thought history 💭