Things in dreams were often not what they seemed to be but rather symbols for other things.

梦境中的事物往往并不像,它们看上去那样的简单,它们通常是其他事物的象征。

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Your brain is active as if you were awake, your EEGs are similar to waking, paralyzed except for the eyes, oh, men get erections and you have dreams.

大脑处于活跃状态，像清醒时一样，脑电图也和清醒时相似，但除了眼部，全身都不会动，男人会勃起，梦境会出现。

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He only had one argument not to kill himself: "To sleep, perchance to dream, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil might give us pause."

他只有一个不自杀的理由：,“入睡，偶尔作梦，因为在沉睡中，什么梦都会出现,我们可以从中暂时摆脱尘世的烦恼”

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what are dreams for?

梦境有什么作用？

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I'm putting Freud here but what I mean is well-known defenders of Freud will make some claims like: adult personality traits are shaped by the course of psychosexual development; all dreams are disguised wish fulfillment; psychoanalysis is the best treatment for mental disorders.

我虽然在这里说的是弗洛伊德,其实指的是那些著名的弗洛伊德的拥护者,他们会总结出这样的观点：,成年人的人格特质,是在性心理的发展过程中形成的;,所有的梦境都是愿望满足的伪装;,精神分析是治疗心理障碍的最佳手段。

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