In fact, Freud believed that one of his dreams helped him treat a patient. “Simply Psychology” details Freud’s dream. He blamed himself for not having found a cure for a young woman named Irma. One night, Freud dreamed that he met his patient in a bar and examined her. After a few moments, he saw the formula of a medicine that another doctor had given to Irma. At that moment he realized that he had nothing to do with Irma not being cured and that it was the fault of the other doctor who used a dirty syringe. This dream relieved Freud's guilt, and he interpreted it as the fulfillment of a wish. Freud wished he was not the cause of Irma's poor condition, and the dream granted his wish by showing him that it was another doctor's fault ("Sigmund