Interview with Henry Reed

The World of Your Dreams A.R.E.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYkucgkOXRo&feature=channel

The World of Dreams A.R.E. is an interview about dreaming. Mark Thurston is interveiwing Henry Reed, a dream psychologist and author. Thurston first asks Reed about how he decided to become a dream psychologist. Reed said the strange dreams he had as a child and then later when his friends started having strange dreams was what inspired him. They then discussed Edgar Cayce and his idea that people could interpret their own dreams. Thurston brings up the fact that in the past only professionals could study and interpret dreams. Reed responds by saying "Exactly, we tend to look at dreams as medical samples that professionals should interpret, and people were kept at a distance from their dreams." They discuss dream research and how it has changed over time and move on to talk about how many dreams we have per night and recurring dreams. The video is just a basic overview about dreams.

I think this video was a good overview about dreams. I thought what was discussed was actually pretty interesting. I enjoyed learning about dream research and the fact that Edgar Cayce was the first to say that people could interpret their own dreams. It intrigued me when Thurston and Reed discussed the fact that though we have multiple dreams a night, we usually only remember one or two, if any. Reed said one of the reasons for this is because "the dreams are very different from our ordinary life so it's hard to make a connection. When you wake up you don't have any basis for knowing what you dreamt." I agree with this statement. Dreams are usually really strange so it makes sense that it's hard to remember them.

"The World of Your Dreams: A.R.E." YouTube. Web. 9 Apr 2010.