Nightmares wake us up. Ever wonder why? Well here is my explanation, I'm not sure if it goes along with Freud's views, or someone else's ideas, but this is my theory.
Our nightmares are still wishes that we have, just a different kind of wish. I believe that nightmares are more unconscious wishes that we have. Wishes that we are afraid of having, and don't want to admit that they exist. We hide them so deep in our unconscious that we forget that they exist, and simply classify it as a fear, when really it is a wish we are afraid to have. When we have nightmares we wake up. I think this is because our conscious is becoming aware of it. When our conscious is aware of what is going on, it forces the body to wake up, because it doesn't want to deal with the suppressed wishes that are coming to surface. Either that or is still only sees it as a fear and so it makes sure to wake up to protect itself from the fears.
Sure, my theory may be a bit out there, but its what I think. I wonder if Freud would agree with me.
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