Either Or

This week we have been talking about Freud's dream theory. We discussed different kinds of dreams and whether the fact that there are clean cut, easy to understand dreams makes other dreams lack in meaning. What I don't understand is why there has to be an either/or? When I have a long day I sleep and don't dream or at least go into such deep sleep I cannot remember them. Is the fact that I don't dream these nights mean something? Is there something to detect in my lack of remembrance? While we were talking about all of the different types of dreams, I thought about Freud's hypothesis that says dreams are our infantile dreams coming from our suppressed unconscious. Then Hobson says that dreams are a result of random firings from our brain stem. Why can't both of these be true? Couldn't it be true that some dreams are random, some are from the days experiences and some are more in depth and reveal our hidden or suppressed wishes? I don't necessarily agree with either side however they both seem to have some merit. Dreams can shake us to our core and compel us to do something rash or just simply new. Other dreams just confuse us. Taking this into account there has to be some middle ground between both sides of the debate.