Why Do We Dream?
4. Subconscious Desires
The brain is so incredibly complex that we are sometimes not even aware of our own thoughts and wishes. We all have a subconscious that we seldom delve into knowingly. Instead, it tends to remain passive, occasionally influencing our decisions and actions without us even being aware it is having any influence at all.
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It is also thought that we each have certain desires that reside hidden away in our subconscious. It might be that dreaming is a way for our subconscious to act out on its desires. This might explain why many of our dreams are rather exotic, and even erotic.
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