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There are many facts that are unknown about the mind. For centuries, philosophers and scientists have tried to understand how it works. We have learned that the mind has a number of different levels of processing. Before Sigmund Freud "nearly all the previous research and theorizing of psychologists had dealt with conscious, such as perception, memory, judgment, and learning" (Hunt185). Freud brought forth a number of theories that dealt with "the unconscious and its crucial role in human behavior"(Hunt 185). The unconscious is a storage area for information that is not being used. It is also the home of "powerful primitive drives and forbidden wishes that constantly generated pressure on the conscious mind"(Hunt 185). As this area of the mind can only be understood through speculation, I will look to dream interpretation and psychoanalysis as keys to unlocking this area of psychology
What are dreams? Are they simply random brain activity, or are they our mind trying to tell us......

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