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Show Dreams are primary product of our unconscious, expert tells Benchmark audience j r r l V $ I I I ' i . , -r0f T MBIIgl MY " ' iTl l ' v Dreams are a primary product of the unconscious and can be very revealing, said Dr. Maryanne Jerome in her lecture titled: "Learning From Your Dreams: , , Tapping the Wisdom of the Unconscious." Uncon-scious." Over 125 local residents were in attendance at the presentation presenta-tion held at Benchmark Regional Hospital in Woods Cross. '' Jerome, who has a medical degree de-gree in psychiatry from the Univer- sity of Utah, said "Dreams are the single best way to know yourself." The unconscious is a far greater part of our mind than the con-scious, con-scious, she said. "We are only in control of about one-tenth of our mind. The rest is under the power ; of the unconscious," said Jerome. . She compared the unconscious to an iceberg although the part r above water seems enormous, there is a much greater unseen por- Otion beneath the surface. She divided di-vided the unconscious into four parts: first, the conscious, which includes the things we are aware of about ourselves and others. ' Second, the unconscious, which involves items unique to each indi- vidual and unknown by them. The .-; third contains things that are unique uni-que to us and known by us. Finally, the collective unconscious. It en-compasses en-compasses those things which almost everyone agrees on as a whole. Jerome describes this fourth category as "what we have inherited our hopes, our fears, :- our commonalty." : Jerome believes that inside each person is a wise unconscious, which if accessed, can solve problems, prob-lems, heal illness and help us understand ourselves better. By i listening to our unconscious we are "going with the flow," said Jerome. "Dreams allow us to tap f into the unconscious." Meditation is another way to get a glimpse of the unconscious, said Jerome. Also, Freudian slips, where instead of saying the word we intend to say, another more revealing re-vealing word is uttered. : We are prevented from exposing ; our unconscious by "the censor," emotions we would be much healthier." heal-thier." We should confront our feelings and resolve them, she said. Another function which dreams perform is that of compensation. It is possible to dream of becoming wealthy or famous when we are in fact poor and unknown, said Jerome. Dreams can also help in decision making. "They are very helpful in discovering what you should be doing in your life," said Jerome. Dreams sometimes provide solutions. solu-tions. She said that by becoming aware of our dreams we can take advantage of the guidance within them. In order to learn from dreams it . is necessary to record them. "Your dreams are a gift," said Jerome. "They are very, very valuable don't throw them away." She also stressed the importance of details in dreams. Once the dream is recorded, re-corded, analysis can begin. Analysis involves interpreting symbols. "The language of dreams is symbols," said Jerome. She mentioned the incredible commonalty common-alty of symbols among diverse cultures, cul-tures, and attributed it to the collective col-lective conscious. In concluding, Jerome explained nightmares as a sign of unfinished business that needs to be attended to but is getting ignored. It's your body's way of saying "Pay attention!" atten-tion!" she said. For those who missed this intriguing intri-guing topic or if you would just like to learn more, be sure and watch for part two of Dr. Jerome's presentation pre-sentation on dreams scheduled for next year. "Soup and Salad Seminars" are held at Benchmark Regional Hospital Hos-pital in Woods Cross every other Wednesday and are open to the public. The next seminar will be Aug. 24 by Dr. Victoria Stout and is titled "Dying to be Thin; Anorexia Anore-xia and Bulimia." Luncheon seminars begin at 12:30 and the cost is $1. Please RSVP. For more information contact con-tact Benchmark Regional Hospital at 298-2844. DR. MARYANNE JEROME said Jerome. It will not allow us to do anything socially inappropriate. However, when sleeping the censor cen-sor allows many of our true impulses im-pulses to come forth. Jerome stressed stres-sed that there are no words to describe de-scribe many of our true impulses "Dreams r allow us to tap Into the unconscious." pwtiavilmii?;iiiMirMirli;iiAw and feelings. "The reality of our being is very difficult to access through words," she said. Jerome said that dreams are important im-portant because they evoke many emotions which would otherwise stay, suppressed. Jerome believes that "if we could access our true |
