I'm sure everyone has dreams where they revisit a bad memory or an event that caused guilt,
When I was five, I locked my older brother in an empty barrel and then ran and hid. My dad later pulled my brother out of the barrel, hours later, almost having sufficated. I don't know what I was thinking back then and this has always caused some sort of guilt from me when I remember this event.
In my dream, this event happened and I saw my younger self locking my brother in the barrel and then running away looking very scared. After I saw myself leave, I heard my brother yelling and screaming and hitting the sides of the barrel with his hand trying to get out. I walked over to the barrel and opened it,letting him out, crying and looking scared to death.
Revisiting this dream and the event that accompanied it, I wonder how many people can still argue against the emotionally driven content of dreams and say they are meaningless. Rather, to me it is more important to consider the questions: How much of a role do memories play in dreams?