Interpretation: “I have often thought that this medication did not help my nose trouble but simply concealed it. The action is therefore presented as illusory help.”
2nd Example: “I am thinking of a dramatic scene in which a character would intimate a certain fact to another character without putting the thought into words.”
Dream: “One man is offering to another man a hot metallic cup.”
Interpretation: “The cup transmits an impression of heat which has not to be expressed through spoken words.”
3rd Example: “I try to remember something which in my sleepy state eludes me.”
Dream: “I apply for information to a grouchy clerk who refuses to impart it to me. The interpretation is obvious.”
4th Example: “I think that many simple arguments could be brought forth to prove some thesis of mine.”
Dream: “A drove of white horses moves downward through my field of vision. Interpretation obvious.”
Likewise sleeping thoughts gradually merge with waking thoughts in the moments preceding awakening.
The last dreams of the night or hypnopompic visions generally dramatize our awakening in picturesque, symbolical fashion.