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re: Anyone ever have dreams about being back in school ?

Posted on 2/6/22 at 6:38 am to
Posted by Flipflopfly
Slidell
Member since Jul 2011
186 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 6:38 am to
So I’m not the only one that has dreams of being Black in school, thank God! Really odd since I’ve been. White my whole life!
Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
6164 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 6:44 am to
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ok all you armchair shrinks -- whatzit mean?



I'd think it's just a self-defense mechanism. Gronk and Ogg, probably dreamt of going cave-bear hunting and forgetting their spears.

Anxiety, is a way of telling us the stakes are high and preparing the nervous system for action.
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
11587 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 6:45 am to
I’ve read It means you’re stressing IRL and feeling like you've forgotten something you had to do.

And yes, have that dream all the time.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31719 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 6:47 am to
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I was always back in middle school, though, and had no idea about a quiz or test or something. I always freaked out in the dream and woke up.


In my version of the dream, I find out right before graduation that I failed English 4. I don’t even remember English 4. I remember English 3 because I loved my teacher.
Posted by TigeretteHUB
Member since Jan 2022
102 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 6:56 am to
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Anyone ever have dreams about being back in school ?


I’m 58, close to retiring and I still have this dream! Had it last night!

Mostly it’s a math class and I show up for the final and realize I don’t know any of the material!

I’m sure it has some deeper meaning, maybe your subconscious telling you something?
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
11049 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 7:06 am to
Yes. Both the unprepared for class dream and the claustrophobic dorm room.

A neighbor had a stroke and somehow her mind picked a panicked not-ready-for-a-test-in-high school as her nightmare, every night for the rest of her life. The stroke was debilitating, but the nightmare made it even worse.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 2/6/22 at 7:52 am to
not as much as I once did, but still fairly often. Same exact circumstances as you describe.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14340 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:34 am to
Every once in a while I have a dream I’m in college. Missed drop date for a class I never went to and now meet to take the final and I can’t find where the class is…..

And I graduated 20 years ago….
Posted by FowlGuy
Member since Nov 2015
1365 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:41 am to
I dreamt last night that I was stopped by a cop and I was hammered. I had two open containers in the truck that I managed to hide before he got to the window. Somehow he let me go, but I was shitting on myself, then I woke up. I hate dreams especially the real ones. And yea I dream about missing test all the time, it’s aggravating.
Posted by BarCo49
Alabama
Member since Apr 2021
294 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:48 am to
Man I thought I was the only one that had that dream. Probably had it 6-7 times until mid 40s. Had a class I’d signed up for and apparently forgot - day before the final and I realize I’ve not been to one single class and don’t even know where it is. Used to panic the shite out of me. I’m sure there’s some root cause for such a dream but haven’t figured it out and thankfully haven’t had that dream in 10 years.
Posted by TigerCoon
Member since Nov 2005
22442 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:18 am to
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Every few months I have the dream where I've registered for a class and haven't really gone, and now I've got to go take an exam unprepared to graduate.


I have had this dream many times, and with an eerily similar backstory.
Posted by TigerCoon
Member since Nov 2005
22442 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:20 am to
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did you all skip tons of classes? I did so I assumed that's where it came from.


Again, same story with me. Damn video games and foosball. I wish I had all those quarters back now (and I guess I wish I had gone to class more).
Posted by Eat Your Crow
caught beneath the landslide
Member since May 2017
9190 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:22 am to
I miss college.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
58783 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:23 am to
I barely passed my last exam to graduate (IRL) and I still have occasional dreams where they change my grade and I lose my degree
Posted by Swamp Angel
Somewhere on a river
Member since Jul 2004
9573 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:42 am to
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ok all you armchair shrinks -- whatzit mean?


It means that your brain is trying to tell you that you haven't been diligent in preparing for what's occurring in your life now, or what is coming up in the very near and foreseeable future. In other words, you've been slacking lately and your conscience is kicking you in the arse for it while you sleep. (At least this is my take on it. I could be wrong though.)
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
111923 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:43 am to
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im back in college and trying to figure it all out.. ill be late for class, stressing out and unprepared or trying to figure out how to graduate… then, before i wake up- I always realize, ‘Wait- i already graduated


Yep.

Usually it's me realizing I have a midterm or final for a class I haven't been to all semester.
Posted by HouseMom
Member since Jun 2020
1703 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:49 am to
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It means that your brain is trying to tell you that you haven't been diligent in preparing for what's occurring in your life now, or what is coming up in the very near and foreseeable future.


This makes sense to a point except for the fact that we all graduated. It's not like my mediocre performance in undergrad caused any bad effects. C's get degrees, right? Oddly enough, I became a super nerd in graduate school, almost obsessive about grades.

Either way, same dream several times a year. Forgot to drop the class, wandering all over campus in complete panic because I can't find the room, don't know the answers on the final. Every single time.
Posted by tylerlsu2008
Monaco
Member since Jul 2015
1493 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 10:24 am to
Yes. I still have this dream where I have an MBA I somehow forgot about (which is a stupid premise in the first place) an then I randomly have an "oh frick" moment when I realized i've missed a bunch of class, assignments, and exams.

Huge feeling of relief (and weird stupidity) when I wake up.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
31987 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 10:57 am to
Not exactly having dreams, but I do wish I was still in college. Best and most fun years of my life. Every day to me was amazing, even if I had to deal with all the studying and classes. It was just part of it.

Compared to that, being an adult for the most part sucks to me.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
31987 posts
Posted on 2/6/22 at 10:59 am to
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Dunno but my freshman year at LSU(spring semester,) I had a Calculus final first thing in the morning and we were heading for Pensacola immediately after. Had a hs buddy in town for the trip who’d already finished his finals at another college. We didn’t get in from partying till the wee hours, I overslept and talked him into taking the final for me.


How did you do on that final?
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