“Breaking the law” in dreams

• Verfasst von: Schredl, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: “Breaking the law” in dreams
• Titelzusatz: analysis of a long dream series
• Verf.angabe: Michael Schredl
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: 2021-04-15
• Umfang: 4 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 21.04.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: International journal of dream research
• Ort Quelle: Heidelberg : Univ.-Bibliothek, 2008
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 14(2021), 1, Seite 147-150
• ISSN Quelle: 1866-7953
• DOI: doi:10.11588/ijodr.2021.1.78797
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: continuity hypothesis
• K10plus-PPN: 1755587732
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Nightmares in which the dreamer performs a criminal act and is terrified of being punished have been reported in the literature. Systematic studies of “breaking the law” within dreams, however, are still lacking. Within a long dream series of N = 11,808 dreams, 0.80% of the dreams included some criminal activity often associated with the fear of being arrested; rarely with the feeling of remorse. Studying this dream type offers an opportunity to shed light on the options concerning how dreams might be related to waking-life: thematic continuity, e.g., being dishonest in waking-life and being dishonest in dreams; emotional continuity, e.g., the fear of being found out in the dreams is related to waking-life worries about possible negative evaluations by others; and/or metaphorical continuity, “killing” as a metaphor for ending relationships. Thus, this pilot study provided hypotheses for more in-depth analyses of larger dream samples.