According to Freud, there is a difference between the manifest content and the latent content of our dreams because
A) one is controlled by the id and one by the ego and superego.
B) many of our unconscious thoughts and desires would be difficult for us to face upon waking.
C) we can only recall the manifest content after waking up.
D) one is conscious and the other unconscious.

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According to Freud, the manifest content of dreams is the actual content of the dream that the dreamer can recall upon waking, while the latent content is the hidden, symbolic meaning of the dream that is representative of the dreamer's unconscious thoughts and desires. Freud believed that these unconscious thoughts and desires would be difficult for the dreamer to face upon waking and thus were disguised in the form of the dream's latent content.

According to Freud, There Is a Difference Between the Manifest