Up: [[Dreams]] Created: 2025-10-23 We can see the law of [[Compensation]] most readily in dreams. The idea is that our waking Ego views are always incomplete. If they’re only a little bit incomplete, only a little correction is needed and the dream makes only minor compensations. But if our conscious attitude is exaggerated, so too will be the attitude in the dream, but in the opposite direction. It’s important to understand that compensation is always in the service of the psyche’s wholeness. As my analyst says, *it’s not punishing, not a gotcha!* > [!Orbit] [[C. G. Jung]] > The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream material that re-establishes, in a subtle way, the total psychic equilibrium.