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Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin), 1880-1936

"The Dream Doctor"

Seldom does one recognise
his own repressed thoughts or unattained wishes. The dream really
is the guardian of sleep to satisfy the activity of the
unconscious and repressed mental processes that would otherwise
disturb sleep by keeping the censor busy. In the case of a
nightmare the watchman or censor is aroused, finds himself
overpowered, so to speak, and calls on consciousness for help.
"There are three kinds of dreams--those which represent an
unrepressed wish as fulfilled, those that represent the
realisation of a repressed wish in an entirely concealed form, and
those that represent the realisation of a repressed wish in a form
insufficiently or only partially concealed.
"Dreams are not of the future, but of the past, except as they
show striving for unfulfilled wishes. Whatever may be denied in
reality we nevertheless can realise in another way--in our dreams.
And probably more of our daily life, conduct, moods, beliefs than
we think, could be traced to preceding dreams."
Dr. Ross was listening attentively, as Craig turned to him.


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