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[HTupolev]

Anyone else suffer from these recurring dreams?

Tons of people who have taken school seriously at some point in their lives have the school dream. It's a huge shared experience. And it will never go away. School left a permanent scar on your being.

I have the school dream too sometimes.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Lol last time I had this dream, I failed the random science class I forgot about, they revoked my degree and when my job found out they fired me and made me repay all my salary for the last 4 years

 

[daveo42]

I had one like that which covered missing a high school class all year and failing out along with me missing a college history course past the first class. Way too vivid, as I always wake up from them asking myself if I really screwed by completely forgetting about that dream class until finals.

 

[HTupolev]

If science figures out how to eliminate the need for sleep, the school dream will probably still find some way to manifest itself in our consciousness. We'll just start hallucinating it in our waking lives or something.

Lol last time I had this dream, I failed the random science class I forgot about, they revoked my degree and when my job found out they fired me and made me repay all my salary for the last 4 years

Wow, that one got pretty extensive! Usually mine end in the school itself before I actually witness everything in my life collapse.

 

[Dreavus]

As an educator I can confirm that this shit just continues on except you're on the other side of the classroom. Usually get at least one close to when summer break is ending.

Like I'm supposed to teach a class about Music, but I'm not prepared at all and oh jesus why didn't I plan anything how did this even happen HOW could I forget about this I am so screwed what am I going to tell these students-- *wakes up*

 

[DoomGyver]

I struggled through college for a couple of years with health problems, dropped out when I got far too sick. That was 8 years ago and i still have these nightmares.

 

[Shadybiz]

HA! Yeah I get pretty much that exact one at least once a month. For me, it's usually a calculus class or something like that. I graduated 5 years ago, too.

 

[Stabby McSter]

i get these dreams at least once a year

it's weird how much i panic in the dream, because i did not give a shit in high school at all

 

[Reckless Abandon]

For some reason these are the only dreams I ever really remember. And it's usually about my high school French class. Weird. Feels real as hell, too. I wake up every time like holy hell I need to get to school/get this done.

 

[Pau]

At least once a week. The worse ones are those where I'm back in middle school as an adult. Although it's a combination of screwing up because I haven't done the homework or was skipping and being back with people who bullied me. Then I realize that I'm in college and try to wake up or convince the other students that we're in a dream.

 

[Brinbe]

Haven't been in school for almost a decade and it still happens.

 

[sir_kevith]

I have that one about writing a program for a CS class all the time. I also have one where I'm biking to work and get run over by an angry pickup truck driver. I even goto heaven and chill and stuff and watch my family cry over me at my own funeral.

EDIT: And when I try to talk to them they don't hear me

 

[bluethree]

Mine usually take the form of "I'm back in college because I realized I actually didn't have enough credits to graduate all those years ago"

 

[DarkKyo]

For school/college-related recurring dreams I always have the one where I suddenly remember that I have a class I forgot to attend for about a month so I'm super behind on the material, homework, and tests.

One time in college IRL I only attended the first and last class for one of my classes and I still got a B. Man I was a lazy student for a couple years... maybe that's where this dream originates from.

 

[GeoNeo]

I always have this too sometimes high school sometimes university.

Goes to show how fucked up the whole concept of schooling is that we end up having nightmares about it years and years after we finish.

 

[Reversed]

Happens to me when I'm near a deadline.

 

[LordCiego]

I get these semi-regularly even after being out of college for almost a decade at this point.

The slight variation I have is that I get a call from a college/high school official that someone screwed up in helping me set my schedule and my existing diploma is invalid, and I have to go back to school for that last class in order to get shit back in order. Then most of the dream is about wandering around an altered version of the old school such that I don't know where anything is anymore.

This is the most similar to my version. And then the class is filled with partners from school, hs, work or even travels all with adult age. Then I realize its not possible because I already have the diplomma and have to work. Im 32, working 3 years in my current work and have started to have versions of this dream this last year.

 

[HTupolev]

I always have this too sometimes high school sometimes university.

Goes to show how fucked up the whole concept of schooling is that we end up having nightmares about it years and years after we finish.

When science figures out how to beam understanding directly into our brains, us old curmudgeony folk will feel superior because kids these days will never have had a proper traumatic learning experience.

 

[SpecX]

I have this dream as well, but it's usually not graduating high school. I know I scrapped by IRL, but I have the dream that I ended up not getting enough credits to pass and am not able to graduate. Every few months I have this dream at random, so much bs since it makes my heart race.

 

[lastflowers]

It's so common I've posted this here like 3-4 times on separate occasions lol.

yep. I get them about work too X_X

 

[hiphoptherobot]

I'm living that dream.

Edit: Just noticed i finally shed my junior status. WooWoo!

 

[Llyranor]

Occasionally I've had dreams about forgetting to submit a school project, and I wake up in panic. Then I realize I've graduated many years ago.

 

[digdug2k]

Lol. I had no idea these were so common. I know its not true, but I still to this day have a strange feeling that there's some class I just forgot to go to for an entire semester.

I've never had a "no pants" dream though. I've had a few weird, "Everyone is showering here in the hallway. Oh wait, nope. I apparently just decided to strip naked in front of the school." ones.

 

[beato_angelico]

I have them. The worst part, for me, it's that I never realize that I'm dreaming, unlike other kinds of dreams.

 

[bggrthnjsus]

i still get that dream despite not being in school for >10y

usually it's an english class that i haven't been attending and then i find out there is a final i'm supposed to take.

this probably speaks to how weird our education system is

 

[Backlogger]

In the last few weeks, I have had the same dream. I signed up for an English class in college. I end up forgetting to go to the class the entire semester. I fail the class. Not being able to get the credit causes me to drop out of school because reasons, leaving my future in shambles. Then I wake up, realizing I graduated three years ago.

I know this is a common occurrence among some people, but dreams about failing school leave me with the worst feeling when waking up. Anyone else suffer from these recurring dreams?

Yes, I have them once or twice a year as well. I graduated 8 years ago from college.

 

[Byakuya769]

In the last few weeks, I have had the same dream. I signed up for an English class in college. I end up forgetting to go to the class the entire semester. I fail the class. Not being able to get the credit causes me to drop out of school because reasons, leaving my future in shambles. Then I wake up, realizing I graduated three years ago.

I know this is a common occurrence among some people, but dreams about failing school leave me with the worst feeling when waking up. Anyone else suffer from these recurring dreams?

Almost the exact same. I now have similar dreams about failing to do something at work now. I need to start a podcast or something.

 

[Eggbok]

I have dreams about being in high school still but it makes me miss it tbh. I see all my best friends and friends I haven't seen or heard from in a long time. They're never sad dreams, always happy or funny. I have those kind of dreams regularly. At least once or twice every other week.

 

[MattKeil]

I still have those dreams every now and then and I've been out of school for almost 20 years.

 

[Ishida]

Yep. Happens to me semi regularly.

It usually takes me back to high school, sometimes to college. And yeah, I'm failing HARD, like I don't have enough credits, or I'm about to have some exam and didn't study AT ALL.

It's actually terrifying. It's never a lucid dream for me. I begin to panic and feel sad for myself because I actually don't understand how I got to that point.


What is it about school that makes our brains conjure such nightmares?

 

[Benzychenz]

I don't think I've ever dreamt about school.

I think some of you guys took school too seriously.

 

[iclash]

I've had this dream in the last year and I've been done with college for 15 years. Much like student loans, this dream never goes away. Pretty sure I've had it in the last 6 months.

 

[dracula_x]

I've had this dream in the last year and I've been done with college for 15 years. Much like student loans, this dream never goes away. Pretty sure I've had it in the last 6 months.

Yep, same story.

 

[sturgboski]

The summer after graduating from undergrad was fraught with nightmares of not waking up for finals.

 

[Dan]

It's so common I've posted this here like 3-4 times on separate occasions lol.

Yup. School dreams never go away.

Mine typically involve me entirely forgetting my class schedule and the locations of classes.

 

[Icyflamez96]

I have them all the time. Oh wait that's just reality

 

[Affeinvasion]

I still have dreams about showing up to class and a presentation or paper is due and not having it done, or I look at my schedule at the end of the semester and realize I haven't been to a class all year (usually it's literature for some reason).

The funny thing is I still get those dreams and I'm the one actually teaching classes and giving assignments now.

 

[Enthus]

I have that dream sometimes, along with dreams about teeth falling out. My personal favorite is a dream where if you don't brush your teeth, you start growing a thin layer of gums over them, and when you finally brush that away your entire mouth and toothbrush and sink are covered in blood and skin chunks. Fun stuff.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I've had a dream where I'm back in school and I can't remember where my locker is, the combination to it, or where I'm supposed to go for class.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Yep, graduated college in 2008 and still get these on occasion. Usually involves me not having shown up to class in a long time and when I try to go to class I can't find it, or I can't remember my schedule so I don't know where or when the class is.

While I was in college I had a somewhat recurring dream where someone finds out I didn't finish high school. So I get sent back to finish a semester of high school and the whole time I'm yelling "what am I doing here? I'm supposed to be in college!"

Weird shit man.

edit -

I've had a dream where I'm back in school and I can't remember where my locker is, the combination to it, or where I'm supposed to go for class.

Yeah, forgetting a locker combination is a common one too.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

this is it

this is the one

it never ends

it never goes away

and every time i wake up so thankful i'm actually done school

Same. For me every time its "Oh shit I had to finish this program fuckfuckfuck" then wake up and realize I'm not in school or working in C anymore.

 

[Magna_Mixalis]

Just had it recently. What makes it worse is that I actually DID forget about a final... Luckily my professor was cool and let me take it the next day.

 

[User 479360]

In the last few weeks, I have had the same dream. I signed up for an English class in college. I end up forgetting to go to the class the entire semester. I fail the class. Not being able to get the credit causes me to drop out of school because reasons, leaving my future in shambles. Then I wake up, realizing I graduated three years ago.

I know this is a common occurrence among some people, but dreams about failing school leave me with the worst feeling when waking up. Anyone else suffer from these recurring dreams?

Haha, I used to get the same thing all the time.

I kept having a recurring dream where I went back to high school as an adult. I took four classes in the semester, and didn't need to pass them all to graduate. Hell, I already had graduated. (This dream made no sense.)

I went to three out of four classes regularly, and did really well. But I kept forgetting to go to one and failed it. I was really worried that would screw me over, in the dream.

Then I'd wake up and realize I graduated high school a decade ago.

 

[Ferrio]

Took me like 10 years until I stopped having college dreams. It was always the same dream, end of the year and I've somehow forgot I was enrolled in a class which I never attended.

 

[lastflowers]

this is it

this is the one

it never ends

it never goes away

and every time i wake up so thankful i'm actually done school

My dreams like this for several years was because of Verilog. I was debugging an adder (or maybe it was the FPU), and there's a bug in the output. I'm sitting there trying to memorize wirenames in my head as the sun comes up and the deadline is looming, and that's goddamn nearly as difficult as trying to play lumines in your dreams and keep track of the fucking red and white blocks. Fuck Lumines. Fuck that game to hell for keeping me awake for tens of hours of my life.

 

[Proelite]

Highschool dreams:

Common theme for me is not knowing my homeroom nor my locker combo. Also missing the last bus home. Nicer dreams involves me successfully flirting with girls.


College:

End or middle of semester and realizing that I had one class that I did not attend or so homework at all for.

 

[User 479360]

The funny thing is that I don't remember having worrying dreams about high school while I was in high school.

 

[John Kowalski]

k

Never.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Yeah I get dreams like that all the time although I think it's a maths class at high school. I think I end up meaning to go but then remember that I haven't been in months or something. I graduated high school seven years ago.

I think I get dreams about not handing in work and not attending class at university as well even though I dropped out in my first year.