By Priscarina S.T. onApril 12, 2025, Saturday at 6:00 AMPiece of MindWhile the true nature of dreams is still unclear, they can still be vital to our well-being. — Photo from pexels.com / Ron LachI WAS browsing YouTube looking for a video to watch when I saw that one of my favourite YouTubers ‘PewDiePie’ had just uploaded one of his more recent videos, ‘30 Day Dream Challenge’, which struck me as particularly insightful.In that video, he tried an experiment whereby he would journal his dreams, ‘listen’ to them, and discover the hidden messages behind each one.When we talk about dreams, these two individuals spring to mind: philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, and psychologist Carl Gustav Jung.While Nietzsche did not have a formal ‘theory of the unconscious’, he recognised the importance of unconscious processes and considered them as the driving force behind human behaviour.Jung then expanded Nietzsche’s ideas to create the concept of ‘shadow work’.What Jung referred to as our ‘shadow’ are...
