Sue dreams about a child sitting in her bedroom crying, while Sue runs around trying to console the child.According to Freud, this one child represents all the people in her life that Sue is attempting to care for, including her elderly mother, her husband, her children, and her students.That this one dream character represents so many illustrates the dream process called

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The dream process of condensation involves multiple aspects of one's life being condensed into a singular dream symbol or character. In this case, the child represents all of the people in Sue's life that she is responsible for caring for.

Sue Dreams About a Child Sitting in Her Bedroom Crying