Continuous stress and trauma are manifested in dreams, the study of which can expand our knowledge concerning unconscious reactions to trauma and efforts of coping with continuous traumatic situations. In our research we asked people living under continuous threat of rocket attacks to record their dreams and their associations to them during four consecutive weeks. We collected 609 dreams from 44 women and 18 men (age range 14-62). The dreams submitted were analysed according to the Jungian approach in the light of the information and associations presented by the subjects. Full dream series of dreamers from each group were analysed in an attempt to capture the depth-psychological experience of living and dreaming under fire. The most frequent themes found were: 'concrete vs. symbolic', 'togetherness', 'active ego', 'fear and anxiety', 'shadow' and 'personal issue'. The subjects were divided into three age groups. Differences between the occurrences of themes were examined. On the unconscious level our results showed that the adolescents group seemed to be the most vulnerable to the stress situation (preponderance of concrete dreams), the mature adults group was the least influenced by it (preponderance of symbolic dreams and of the 'personal issue' theme) and the young adults group made the greatest psychological efforts for coping (preponderance of 'active ego' theme). We noted few anima figures appearing in the men's dreams, while animus figures appeared in the women's dreams. In another study undertaken immediately after one of the recent wars in Gaza we collected dreams of Israelis living in the south of Israel who were under heavy daily rocket attacks, and dreams of Palestinians living in the West Bank. The most significant difference we found between the groups was a preponderance of symbolic dreams among the Palestinians, as opposed to a preponderance of concrete trauma dreams among the Israeli group living on the Gaza border. In both groups we found archetypal symbols of evil. In conclusion, dreams can help us detect emotional distress, even when subjects seem 'ok'. Early detection and working with dreams can help prevent the severity of delayed PTSD.

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在火中做梦：持续压力时的心理

持续的压力和创伤表现在梦中，对梦的研究可以扩展我们对创伤的无意识反应和应对持续创伤情况的努力的知识。在我们的研究中，我们要求生活在火箭袭击持续威胁下的人们在连续四个星期内记录他们的梦境及其与他们的联系。我们收集了 44 名女性和 18 名男性（年龄范围 14-62 岁）的 609 个梦。根据受试者提供的信息和联想，根据荣格方法对提交的梦进行分析。对来自每组的做梦者的完整梦想系列进行了分析，以试图捕捉在火力下生活和做梦的深度心理体验。发现的最常见的主题是：“具体与象征”、“团结”、“积极的自我”、“ 恐惧和焦虑”、“阴影”和“个人问题”。受试者被分为三个年龄组。检查了主题出现之间的差异。在无意识层面上，我们的结果表明，青少年组似乎最容易受到压力情况的影响（具体梦境占优势），成熟的成年人组受压力情况影响最小（象征性梦境和“个人问题”占优势）主题）和年轻人组为应对做出了最大的心理努力（“积极自我”主题占优势）。我们注意到很少有阿尼玛人物出现在男人的梦里，而阿尼姆斯人物出现在女人的梦里。在最近的加沙战争之后立即进行的另一项研究中，我们收集了居住在以色列南部的以色列人每天遭受严重火箭袭击的梦境，以及居住在西岸的巴勒斯坦人的梦境。我们发现这两个群体之间最显着的差异是巴勒斯坦人的象征性梦占主导地位，而生活在加沙边境的以色列群体中，具体的创伤梦占主导地位。在这两个群体中，我们都发现了邪恶的原型象征。总之，梦可以帮助我们发现情绪困扰，即使对象看起来“还好”。及早发现和处理梦境有助于预防延迟性 PTSD 的严重性。我们发现这两个群体之间最显着的差异是巴勒斯坦人的象征性梦占主导地位，而生活在加沙边境的以色列群体中，具体的创伤梦占主导地位。在这两个群体中，我们都发现了邪恶的原型象征。总之，梦可以帮助我们发现情绪困扰，即使对象看起来“还好”。及早发现和处理梦境有助于预防延迟性 PTSD 的严重性。我们发现这两个群体之间最显着的差异是巴勒斯坦人的象征性梦占主导地位，而生活在加沙边境的以色列群体中，具体的创伤梦占主导地位。在这两个群体中，我们都发现了邪恶的原型象征。总之，梦可以帮助我们发现情绪困扰，即使对象看起来“还好”。及早发现和处理梦境有助于预防延迟性 PTSD 的严重性。