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For this reason, the page (this man, in Spanish) was created, where thousands of people share their experiences with this strange dream and where some of the probable theories why this happens are related, although it is not known for sure why a large number of people see the same maneven if they are on the other side of the world.
The Story of “This Man”
According to this page, it all started in New York, when in 2006 A man approached his psychiatrist to tell him about the presence of a man in his dreams who helped him solve some problems, and even gave him some advice about his life.
Given these statements, the specialist asked him to draw a portrait of this individual, the same one that went viral and has gone around the world, and for which many people came out to report their similar cases, referring to him as “This Man.” In fact, according to what they say, since that year more than 2,000 people have recognized this character in cities like “Los Angeles, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tehran, Beijing, Rome, Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, New Dehli, Moscow, among others”.
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This same portal exposes some theories about the recurring presence of “This Man” in the dreams of different people, in fact, Some of those who are directly related have dared to make their own hypotheses. These are some of the most recognized:
archetype theory
This theory is based on Jung’s psychoanalytic model, in which it is stated that It is an archetypal image made by a collective unconsciouswhich reaches sensitive people who are going through difficult times.
religious theory
For faithful believers this is nothing more than the manifestation of God in said figure of a man to guide a person towards some paths in their life.
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Surfer dream theory
It is one of the strangest and also the one that has the least scientific foundations, since it talks about a real-life man who has developed a psychoanalytic ability to get into many people’s dreams. In fact, there are those who consider that it is a mental conditioning plan created by some corporations with bad intentions.
Dream imitation theory
Unlike the previous one, this is a psychosociological scientific theory in which This dream develops progressively by imitation; This means that some individuals were able to be impacted by the phenomenon upon learning the story, so their minds subsequently recreated an imitation of said situation.
Daytime recognition theory
In this case, everything is attributed to a casual situation, in which “the image of this man would thus be an instrument that, in the subject’s wakefulness, facilitates recognition of an indefinite dream image.
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