I’m an “unprepared for exam” kind of guy.

I’ve been out of school for a number of years, but I still have recurring nightmares about finals I didn’t know were coming.

Never exactly the same (tonight was an exam on logical operators? which I know pretty well out here in the real world?) but some things are usually constant:

  • I always find out days before a final exam that I was enrolled in a class I needed to graduate, but never attended because I didn’t know it was on my schedule
  • I’m always the only person who is unprepared, and the Professor is always cognizant of this fact
  • I always decide not to study in the buildup, and completely wing it (c’mon, dream me! Get it together!)
  • The exam is always “high stakes” – meaning there will be very negative consequences if I don’t pass.
  • The exam room always feels like it’s oriented incorrectly – this one is hard to explain, but do you ever walk into a room and everything is oriented right-to-left instead of left-to-right?
  • I always wake up right as time for the exam runs out, so I never find out the results

And for what it’s worth – I did very well in school. This never happened to me, so I don’t know where this one comes from, save for general preparedness-anxiety.

Sometimes I wake up and read up on the topic … for next time.

What about you, kbeans / Lemmings? What haunts your sleep?

  • lixus98@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve dreamed multiple times about being back in highschool, being late for classes or not studying for exams. It’s almost like it traumatized me lol

    • CascadingSymmetry@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      This is a very very common dream. It is also very common to have it many decades after you’ve left school. Sorry mate.

  • Catarinalina@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    For years I had recurring dreams where I was lost wandering an endlessly large building - usually office buildings with hundreds of hallways and stairwells that led to more endless hallways. Haven’t had them as often the last few years but they always left me feeling down the next day.

  • RealM@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Having to drive a car, but I sit in the backseat and the controls are very very floaty. Obviously from the backseat you cannot properly drive a car, so I always end up causing a variety of car crashes and every time I feel like my life is over because of how much damage to other peoples property I caused.

    … it’s pretty stupid once you think about it, but I’m just anxious about driving a car myself lol.

  • iNeedScissors67@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m running from the foot soldiers from Power Rangers and leaping from rooftop to rooftop. I never remember any of the details but I’ve been having that one for 30 years.

  • Devi@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Suddenly realising I’m naked. Like I’ll be going about my day, everything is fine, then I’ll look down and “Oh no, I forgot to get dressed!”.

    I’ve obviously never done this in real life.