Problems in Dynamic Psychology; a Critique of Psychoanalysis And Suggested Formulations
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It occurs as the first step in the change from diurnal to nocturnal thinking. The next stage is that of hypnagogic hallucina- tions. In this the ideas— house, bricks, flag, etc. — are not thought of as abstractions but are actually visualized. This phase is, normally, brief or at least seems to be. Soon we are fast asleep. Nat- urally it is not easy to detect this kind of mental process without abolishing it. We can hallucinate easily enough (as in dreams) but to know that we are hallucinating ...requires a coincident recognition 106 PROBLEMS OP DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY of reality. When attention is turned from the visions to reality, the former are apt to cease. Hypnagogic hallucinations lead immediately over, therefore, into dreams. So soon as attention is given exclusively to the hallucinations, the environ- ment excites no interest in the dreamer unless it applies an unusually strong stimulus. We can pre- sume therefore that in dreams there is a continua- tion and enhancement of the free association process, each item of which is hallucinated.
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