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Dreaming of having to take exams and being totally unprepared

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  • 09-02-2009 11:44pm
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    MooseJam
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    This is pretty much all I dream about - two or three nights a week I dream I have an exam the next day - college exams that I am totally unprepared for - as in haven't opened a book, and I'm fretting big time what the hell am I going to do. It's a bit strange as my last exam was 15 years ago, but the amount of times I've woken up and wondered o sh1t have I a big exam coming up. Its a bit of a pain in the ass.


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    talloow
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    Im at 6th form so I have had that for my real exams in Jan but for you? hmm do yo believe dreams have meanings?


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    MooseJam
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    well I believe dreams are a good indicator of whats going on in your life and whether you are worried about things but these particular dreams don't really fit in with that - don't know why I have them so often, though when I was taking exams I wasn't really too well prepared lol but not as bad as what i dream about - but that was so long ago i should really have left that long behind


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    talloow
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    Maybe you havent left that behind? Are you happy with life at the moment especially work stuffs? If not, maybe you are thinking to where it all may have started?


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    4arc
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    I've had this dream for years about going back to Leaving Cert without having enough time to study for the exams!

    After much consideration (bearing in mind i done very well in my LC) I put this down to wanting to go back and change my path in life, was kinda unhappy about what i studied in college. I saw the LC as the biggest influencing factor in determining my future. Also put it down to feeling a bit unprepared for life in the real world (after college), wanting to start again but just not having enough time.

    I think its a pretty common dream!


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    themadchef
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    Happens to me all the time too. Always economics...and im out of college about 12 years.

    I hated that class in college. Class was on a Friday morning and i must have missed every second one :o. I always dream i turn up for the exam and I'm not allowed to sit it, or there's some major assignment i didn't hand in and again, i'm not allowed to sit the exam. Worst one i guess is looking at the exam paper and not being able to even read it let alone attempt it.

    I put it down to a fear of failure. I hate to lose at anything...ever.

    Jesus, it's such a relief to wake up isn't it :D

    You are definitely not alone!


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    talloow
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    Im doing Economics at 6th form, applied to continue it at Uni and not liking it as much as I did! Did you continue with it?


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    themadchef
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    talloow wrote: »
    Im doing Economics at 6th form, applied to continue it at Uni and not liking it as much as I did! Did you continue with it?

    Economics was only one class for me. Marketing, Accountancy, HR, Economics, Jesus, i forget half of them :o. I didn't do it in secondary school, so i found it tough and could have used twice the lectures. I just didn't like the schedule or the lecturer too much to be honest.

    I finished my course, i had to repeat 2 in second year, amazingly economics wasn't one of them. When it came to thesis time, wouldn't you just know it was that lecturer we had as our tutor, typical.


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    gimmick
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    I have this dream all the time also. Its either Leaving Cert Irish coming up, and I have not been to class all term, or 2nd year college Business Law which I don't even have any books for.

    I assume the dream is referencing the fact I was a terrible student and it almost mirrors reality - I barely attended college lectures, hence a commendable fauilure record, and I pretty much slept through pass Irish for leaving cert. And that was in 1997. I guess it is the regret in me now that I have a mundane job and have absolutely zero qualifications which causes it.


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    confoosed
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    mayb ur just over tired nd over stressed. i get those kinda dreams wen im stressed abt college work - even just for tutorials. one nite it was so bad i just kept sayin things over nd over in my head dat i was learnin for da next day. nxt time i dreamed i didnt kno anythin. it was awful. i put it down to been overstressed nd havin loads of work 2 do at da time. i got over it nd its all better now:D


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