How far should we look into dreams? I've read all kind of nonsense and dream interpretations online and still can't understand their purpose. Are they just an outlet to vent our emotions and deep rooted problems or do they have a more direct meaning?
For instance in most of my dreams I am fighting someone violently or being harassed to the point where I will wake up with less sleep to get the dream over with. In many of the dreams I consider my aggression justified based on who I am fighting but some have been quite bloody and left me uneasy. There have also been two lately with alien invasions that were really stressful but I doubt I should take them seriously.
Would it be worth doing a working to dream less or is this a healthy way to vent? With the shortened sleep cycles I generally have up to four a night now and only 10% of them aren't stressful.
For instance in most of my dreams I am fighting someone violently or being harassed to the point where I will wake up with less sleep to get the dream over with. In many of the dreams I consider my aggression justified based on who I am fighting but some have been quite bloody and left me uneasy. There have also been two lately with alien invasions that were really stressful but I doubt I should take them seriously.
Would it be worth doing a working to dream less or is this a healthy way to vent? With the shortened sleep cycles I generally have up to four a night now and only 10% of them aren't stressful.