Metaphoric threat is more real than real threat

Dreams represent threat, but appear to do so metaphorically more often tita n realistically. The metaphoric representation of threat allows it to be co nceptualized in a manner that is constant across situations (as what is com mon to all threats begins to be understood and portrayed). This also means that response to threat call come to be represented in some way that works across situations. Conscious access to dream imagery, and subsequent social communication of that imagery, can facilitate this generalized adaptive pr ocess, by allowing the communicative dreamer access to the problem solving resources of the community.