a psychological space where overwhelming, contradictory, or highly complex notions can be brought together by the dreaming ego, notions that would be unsettling while awake, serving the need for psychological balance and equilibrium.a unique state of consciousness that incorporates experience of the present, processing of the past, and preparation for the future.reflecting unconscious mental function in a psychoanalytic way.
Are dreams merely part of the sleep cycle, or do they serve some other purpose? There are several theories about why we dream. Dreams: Do they represent our unconsious desires?