Everyone is interested in dreaming—in my introductory psychology course, it is always one of my students’ favorite topics. But do dreams really mean anything? Psychologists are genuinely divided over ...

In 1897 Sigmund Freud began his famous course of self-analysis. He had already noticed that dreams played an important role in his analysis of neurotic and "hysterical" patients. As he encouraged them ...

As his anguish grew more and more intense by the mid 1890s, Freud turned to the therapy he had invented to help others to ease his own suffering. He subjected his tumultuous thoughts and feelings to ...