Nightmares are the most common phenomenon to happen to humankind to this day. These such phenomenons are described as frightening or unpleasant dreams, in which causes distress to any person or thing. They play a prevalent role in the human race, as a mental experience. No nightmare should ever be taken as is literal but as symbols to possibly benefit people in their daily lives, if taken seriously enough. Symbolism by no means is an new idea and has not been for centuries. The first ever use of symbolism was in an art movement in France in the late nineteenth century, in fact the word symbolist was made up at the time by art critic Jean Moréas. Moréas did this to separate literature from symbolistic art.
Although today with modern studies, researchers know a lot about the brain and how it works, yet people still question the presence of dreams and nightmares. From what researchers can gather, nightmares can be triggered in numerous ways such as having a small snack too late at night or prescribed medications. Eating too much late at night can increase the body's metabolism and may signal the brain to be more active causing these unpleasant
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A mare is a mythological creature, similar to a demon or goblin, who torments the living with uncomfortable or frightening dreams. However, the word night was added to mare to stress the fact that it is a dream aspect. This leads to the many studies of professor Sigmund Freud. Freud is regarded as the first very few highly regarded psychologists who went in depth with the study of dreams. Perhaps his whole study was to unlock the secrets of the human personality. He is described as the “founding father” ( McLeod) of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud would encourage his patients to freely talk to him on his own couch about their feelings and troubles. Psychoanalysis is just that, Freud believed the best treatment was to “make the unconscious, conscious”