Dreams a’la Jung
Jung viewed dreams as being compensatory and revealing, the latter in opposition to Freudâs concealing view. In common with Freud, Jung believed that dreams are the voice of the unconscious, but held the view that symbols are natural expressions of the unconscious. Jung suggested that symbols represent the language of emotion and that dream symbols, in particular, comprise symbolic messages to be deciphered rather than heavily disguised transmissions of âlatentâ issues.
Jung claimed that dreams are an inner drive towards health and maturity, the purpose being to restore psychological equilibrium. To Jung, symbols are the natural language of the unconscious, not disturbed mental activity. Dreams contain archetypal symbols and need to be understood as the striving for inner directed progression in a world concerned with outwardly directed characteristics.
