“Breaking the law” in dreams: analysis of a long dream series
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 crim...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2021-04-15
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International journal of dream research
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 147-150 |
| ISSN: | 1866-7953 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/ijodr.2021.1.78797 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://dx.doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2021.1.78797 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/78797 
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| Author Notes: | Michael Schredl |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 21.04.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1866-7953 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/ijodr.2021.1.78797 |