The dream is always the same. I’m back in college. The final exam for an important class is today. A class I never attended during the semester. I always meant to go, but never did. Never studied, never opened a book. And I am rushing around trying to find where the test is being administered. Running from classroom to classroom…..
I didn’t start experiencing this recurring dream until long past college. And it continued, off and on until almost two years ago… when I decided to finally get free.
The dream was similar to one in the movie “Risky Business”. Researching it today, I discovered that it is an extremely common dream in the United States. So what drives this dream? According to a Psychology Today article, two common interpretations are:
“It is a time when regrets of past actions or inactions have been in mind—a possible prompt to not put off until tomorrow what can be done today.”
“The dream is a reminder not to miss an opportunity or take a more active role in one’s destiny.”
Well crap! All these years…. I should have quit my job and become a writer decades ago!
Why did I research this old dream, since it has been absent so long now? Last night I had a brand new dream… I was convinced to take a new job. Back in corporate America. Oh the horror!
I wondered why I would my mind would conjure such a truly outrageous scenario. So I was researching why. I believe my horrible cold, and the lack of sleep, and muscle pain led my mind to dream of pain. Nothing more painful than a return to work. My old dream should not return, nor my new dream… once I get rid of this cold.