UNIVERSITY Graduate School

Owned and operated by the City Government of Urdaneta

Name : JERIC M. GUTIERREZ

Name of Professor : Prof. MONETTE S. LOCQUIAO, M.A.Ed., RGC
Subject : GROUP GUIDANCE
Schedule : SUNDAY (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
Academic Paper : MIDTERM EXAM
Date of Submission : DECEMBER 16, 2020
 
DREAM INTERPRETATION
“I was in the middle of a long-wide road; I feel so exhausted but keep on running. And
suddenly a big black dog was nearing me. That dog keeps on chasing me, with his mouth
salivating with a glowing red eye. My feet go numb, I am trying to shout for help yet no voice
was produced and there’s no one else, just me alone and being hopeless”
 
For recent nights, I still can’t remember my dreams lucidly. Let me share a dream that is
even up to this day is a very clear scenario every time I am allowing it to linger on my mind. It is
a dream that brought me anxiety for its vividness as I try to remember that dream. 
 
According to Alan Kuras, LCSW at Westmed Medical Group, "Dreams are thoughts,
images, sensations and sometimes sounds that occur during sleep". His idea of a dream is that
it is a representation of a collection of thoughts, struggles, emotions, events, people, places,
and symbols that are relevant to the dreamer in some way. Experts believe that we all have a
dream, whether we remember them or not. These dreams can be calming, happy, frustrating,
frightening, and boring. 
 
In this dream scenario, I feel really frustrated for I am so helpless, and frightened at the
same time for I was being chased by a supernatural being who might have bitten me or ended
up being eaten. I was a college student back when I dreamt of this dream event. One meaning I
could attach is that it signifies my fear of having a new environment. By that time, I was in a
transition from high school to college. I am an introverted person, and I have very low self-
confidence that I have slowly overcome as I practice my chosen career---teaching.
 
 Dreams have meaning. I could associate that a long-wide road is about the path that I
will take in life, unsure where to go, and I do not have the assurance that best will yet to come.
The big black dog might represent that I am chased by my grief, loneliness, and anxiety. I
believe that being an orphan at an early age contributed much to this fear of uncertainty in life
and I have this longing for parental support. This might be the cause of that feeling of being
hopeless and tired and I might almost have given up everything. 
 
I believe that dreaming has its own purpose. And that dream of mine has warned me to
be careful with my personal thoughts and cautious in life. Sigmund Freud's theory of dreams
suggests that dreams represent unconscious desires, thoughts, wish fulfillment, and
motivations. Dreams might be a reflection on what we are going through and also what we
wanted to attain. 
 
There are also some studies that we could cite about the importance of dreaming. The
study done by Murray Raskind on people with PTSD, found out that dreaming can also be
helpful to those who suffer from mental health illnesses. He believes that dreaming has the
potential to help people de-escalate emotional reactivity. He also believes that dreaming can
contribute on enhancing our creativity and problem solving, for in dreaming we are in deep
sleep and we create a good mindset and divine solution on overcoming a certain problem.
 
I think one relevant importance on why we should be dreaming is that it showcases that
our life is full of possibilities. That dream of mine serves as a symbol of my hopelessness in life
which leads me to persevere. It made me realize that life is full of uncertainties and that having
self-pity won’t make things better.

From that dream, I learned that it is in our hands if we will let ourselves be stumbled by
fear or continue moving on and hope for the best. This perspective contributed so much to
where and how I have positioned my goals in life.

URDANETA CITY
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