Freud and Dreamwork

I found the reading this week very interesting and initially not that hard to read. Dream interpretations have always been a topic that I have been interested in, so much so that on my radio show here I have a feature in which I try and interpret a listener's dream each week.

Much of what Freud says makes sense, especially with regard to how dreams fulfill our unconscious desires, and this is easily recognised in children. (I remember when I was little not getting a toy that I wanted, but that night I then dreamt hat it was Christmas Day and that I got the toy as a present). When it comes to Freud finding the meaning of Adult's dreams it becomes harder to follow him. I think I grasped that through distortion and dream displacement, our unconscious desires are realised, but not in an overt way, so as not to disturb us in our sleep. Freuds language at this point, whilst in depth, did seem to meander, and the text ended up being extremely long-winded.