Exploring the Dreams of Women with Breast Cancer: Content and Meaning of Dreams

DeCicco, Teresa L.; Lyons, Tallulah; Pannier, Wendy; Wright, Christopher; Clarke, Jessica

doi:10.11588/ijodr.2010.2.514

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“…Dream content such as getting infected, getting sick is probably due to death and fears from COVID-19. Based on this assumption, participants experiencing COVID-19 anxiety may find it helpful to engage in dream interpretation to reduce the impact of their negative emotions in waking life (DeCicco et al, 2010).…”

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Pandemic dreams: A thematic analysis of university students’ dreams during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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2022

Dreaming

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The aim of this study is to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic affects the dream content of university students. This research, which is based on a qualitative design, is based on a phenomenological approach. The group of the study was determined by purposive sampling, and 221 dreams that 115 university students had recently and that were not repetitive (it was emphasized that dreams were not seen before the pandemic and at the same time were not recurring) were recorded in written form by online survey method. Thematic analysis method was used in the analysis of the data. The six main themes that emerged as a result of the thematic analysis of dreams obtained from the participants are “Corona,” “Chaos,” “Death and Loss,” “Illness,” “Fear, Threat, and Anxiety,” and finally “Crowd and Loneliness.” It was found that the contents reflected in the dreams of the participants during the pandemic process affected the life negatively and traumatized the individual. It was also found that the participants and their relatives were infected with COVID-19, extraordinary events (traumatic experiences, e.g., the apocalypse, the outbreak of wars, natural disasters) were experienced during this disease, as well as deaths and losses due to the disease, and these were fearful in the dreamer, and increased the perception of threat and anxiety. On the other hand, it can also be argued that the widespread exposure of people to social distance and social isolation during the pandemic was reflected in the contents of dreams in the form of being alone and seeing crowded environments. As a result, since concerns and fears about the pandemic are common and many individuals are affected both while awake and asleep, talking about and analyzing the dreams of individuals who apply for counseling or therapy can be considered a useful approach in terms of relieving stress and anxiety related to COVID-19. Similarly, the dreamer’s psychic sufferings can be effectively uncovered and processed through dream contents.

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Pandemic dreams: A thematic analysis of university students’ dreams during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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2022

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Dream recall, nightmare frequency, and spirituality.

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Cancer patients’ meaning making regarding their dreams: A study among cancer patients in Malaysia.

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Hussin

2020

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Dreaming has been associated with human activity, including the activity of individuals with chronic illness. To date, there is a body of literature that has associated dreaming with certain chronic illnesses such as breast cancer, asthma, hypertension, and colitis. However, little research has been done on dreaming activity among cancer patients and their beliefs. This study aims to investigate dreaming activity among cancer patients and explore their meaning making in relation to their dreams. This qualitative study involved 35 cancer patients. A thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The themes that emerged were dreams as an alarm, sadness and anxiety, denial, hope and motivation, nightmares are the work of evil, and searching for confirmation. It is hoped that this study will promote our understanding of cancer patients' journey.

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Exploring the Dreams of Women with Breast Cancer: Content and Meaning of Dreams

Cited by 9 publications

References 65 publications

Pandemic dreams: A thematic analysis of university students’ dreams during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Pandemic dreams: A thematic analysis of university students’ dreams during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Dream recall, nightmare frequency, and spirituality.

Cancer patients’ meaning making regarding their dreams: A study among cancer patients in Malaysia.

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