12016-11-30T17:31:29-08:00Elizabeth Withers4c83cfe2d791828249eb6cc21e5e14580fecf72e130083plain2016-12-14T20:04:29-08:00Elizabeth Withers4c83cfe2d791828249eb6cc21e5e14580fecf72eCondensation is another form of dream distortion. It is characterized by multiple objects, feelings, wishes, or people being represented by a single thing. Often, this works to mask a repressed desire or to fulfill multiple conflicting desires simultaneously. Freud outlines that by unpacking the conflated ideas and sentiments of a person's dreamt condensation, much about his or her needs and concerns can be understood. This is because the connections a person makes while dreaming between seemingly unrelated things can show the ways that he or she processes information and copes with anxiety.