3 2 Journal.docx 3-2 Journal 3-2 Journal: Traces, Illusions, and Dreams PSY 324 Southe

3 2 Journal.docx  3-2 Journal  3-2 Journal: Traces, Illusions, and Dreams  PSY 324  Southern New Hampshire University  PSY 324  I have been fascinated by dream interpretation in the past, but I have not done any in depth research into the topic.  The chapter 4 material has made me want to examine the topic more closely. Do dreams really represent  our subconscious thoughts and beliefs?   I remember my father used to describe my grandmother™s thoughts about dreams.  She was Cherokee and believed our ancestors use dreams to communicate with us to advise us or just check in.  According to our text, a trance is a sleeplike state marked by reduced sensitivity to stimuli, the loss of knowledge, and automatic motor activity (Shiraev, 2016). A visionary trance is when a person experiences a hallucination and a possession trace is when a person experiences his or her body being invaded by a spirit or spirits, like a demonic possession (Shiraev, 2016).  Demographic groups most susceptible to visual illusions are men in hunter-gatherer societies while possession trances are more common in women not in hunter-gatherer societies (Shiraev, 2016). Throughout history, women have been referred to as being possessed when they go away from society norms.  I feel this may be ingrained in humans in general.  Around the world, some cultures women are not treated  as equals.  Also, I feel women are generally seen as more emotional than men because of this.  The main psychological symptom of visionary trance is a fee