dream interpretation

I read from dream experts (made up of psychologists and psychiatrists)featured in a readers digest issue that dreams are often mind mechanisms derived from the subconscious preparing the conscious mind to a course of action for a particular event or stimuli. Dreams connect a past experience with a present possibility. For instance, you may dream of a place you have once visited and there you suddenly see yourself able to fly! The dream experts say that the dreamer is the best interpreter of his dream--because he can best connect his past, present, and future. There you have it---scientific and systematic.

Yes, people have tried to interpret my dreams. I've always laughed at the crazy stuff they've come up with. Personally, I don't think that dreams have interpretations. They can be a reflection of your mind and what you personally are going through, but only you will be able to find out what it means. Say I have a dream about my Mom confessing she has an older son to me and my two sisters via Twitter. Then a horde of zombie takes over our cruise ship. (By the way, my Mom doesn't have Twitter or a son... and I only have one sister. None of us have a cruise ship.) Can you interpret that? Can anyone interpret that? This is an actual dream that I had, does it have a symbolic meaning? How about the one where my youth minister is wearing a glowing bear suit? My point is that I don't believe that dreams always have symbolic meanings or interpretations. In fact, I think the majority of the time there's just your own head making up strange stuff to keep itself entertained.