Gary turned to his wife when he woke up and said,"You won't believe what I dreamed.I was being chased by men in suits;they were riding horses.They had long narrow briefcases and they were trying to run me down!" If Gary related his dream to a psychodynamic therapist,they would tell him that what he had dreamed was about not being able to pay his bills.Which element in this scenario represents the manifest content of the dream?

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The manifest content of a dream is the actual literal content and storyline of the dream, which in this case is Gary running for his life from men in suits on horses.

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