2: Freud’s Dream Theory - The Royal Road to the Unconscious
Author
Paul Stanley
Published
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Episode Link
https://audioboom.com/posts/8695005
This episode explores Sigmund Freud’s theory that dreams reveal hidden desires and repressed emotions. Freud believed dreams have two levels:
Manifest Content – The literal dream storyline.
Latent Content – The hidden symbolic meaning.
He suggested that common dream symbols, like falling teeth or flying, represent deeper psychological conflicts. However, his theories are criticized for being too subjective and lacking scientific evidence.
Despite this, Freud’s ideas have deeply influenced psychology and culture. In the next episode, we’ll explore Carl Jung’s contrasting dream theories.