The Interpretation of Dreams the expression of the wish. In Freud's view, all dreams are forms of "wish fulfillment" (later in "Beyond the Pleasure Principle", Freud would discuss dreams which do not appear to be wish-fulfillment). Freud states: "My presumption that dreams can be interpreted at once puts me in opposition to the ruling theory of dreams and in fact to every theory of dreams..." Freud advanced the idea that an analyst can differentiate between the manifest content and latent content of a dream. The manifest content refers to the remembered narrative that plays out in the dream itself. The latent content refers to
Psychoanalytic dream interpretation daily life and the here and now. Dreams are also difficult to remember, with no more than 5% to 10% of dreams being remembered the following day. The parts of the dream that are retained the next day likely dissipate overnight. However, dreams are not all negative and can have much to say about daily life. Broader possibilities for dreams can be presented by stressing their social aspect. Through this method dreams have a different, but equally important hold on psychoanalysis. There are many issues that current psychologists have with psychoanalysis and therefore with its form of dream interpretation. Psychoanalysis