Glossary D

Glossary D

Dramatic-emotional personality disorders refer to disorders which include Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic, and Histrionic personality disorders which are characterized by dramatic and impulsive behaviors that are maladaptive and dangerous

Drapetomania refers to a fictitious mental illness believed to cause slaves to run away from their masters and obsessively seek freedom.

Deutsch: Zeichnen / Español: Dibujo / Português: Desenho / Français: Dessin / Italiano: Disegno

Drawing in psychology refers to the act of creating images on a surface, typically paper, using various tools like pencils, pens, crayons, or markers. It is a significant form of expression that provides insight into an individual's cognitive, emotional, and psychological state. In psychological practice, drawing is used as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool to explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Dream analysis refers to a major technique in Jungian therapy where interpretations reveal the client's Unconscious dilemmas, archetypal enactments, and solutions to current issues. The pro

Dream processes refer to mental filters that hide the true meanings of dreams.

Dream symbols refer to images in dreams that serve as visible signs of hidden ideas, desires, impulses, emotions, relationships, a

Dream work refers to the mechanism that distorts the meaning of a dream, thereby making it more tolerable to the dreamer. (See also Condensation and Displacement.)

Dreaming is defined by the following philosophers as: (1) For Plato, the manifestation of numerous irrational impulses that, while awake, would be under rational control. (2) For Aristotle,