C1NRB said:

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This thread feels familiar, like there was one just like it a few years ago. Or maybe I dreamt it.

Anyway....

A college professor friend told me his recurring dream many years ago- He shows up to teach a class that was "like" his field, but wasn't exactly in his field. Like a botanist teaching anatomy- both biology but different. He tries to fake it but the class knows he's lost. He said the worst part was him realizing they the class is "on to him" and their reaction- not calling him out or laughing but pity. Like, "You poor sap. You really don't know what you're doing, do you? That's just sad."

I thought that was pretty funny. Until I started adjunct teaching and having the same dream.

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Imposter syndrome is real.

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Actually saw this happen in POLS 206 during a summer session. Guest lecturer kept talking about the FED and monetary policy and the FED and so on and so forth. Somebody asks "What exactly is the 'FED'?" and the lecturer just blanks and says, "I don't know."

Some hippie says "**** this this is bull****," hops up, and walks. Rest of the class streamed out after him--remember, this is big giant POLS 206 lecture hall class, so it was dozens of people.

I've seen your face in this dream.

All the effort I put into bull****ting around and finding ways to barely pass took decades off my life. I would've been 10x better mentally if I just actually did the work

I am about to take an exam and realize:

• I don't know the subject at all
• I thought it was for a different course.

I still get those every now and then.

bagger05 said:

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I have a final in a class I haven't been going to all semester.


Haven't had it in a while which I guess means I've got my stuff together or my subconscious has decided I'm totally hopeless so it's not bothering to alert me.

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Dude. This is me to a T. The dream sucks when you're in it, but it's a nice feeling to wake up and be like "oh yeah, I have an actual job making money. **** school."

Hedge said:

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All the effort I put into bull****ting around and finding ways to barely pass took decades off my life. I would've been 10x better mentally if I just actually did the work

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And yet you still do that all the time on the GB

I dream I got to go pee, but every place I go is closed or blocked somehow. Like out of order. Or I go in, but there is only a sink and no toilets. I think about whipping it out in the sink, but then someone comes in. Then I wake up and really have to go pee.

Do you wake up and go in the sink like a fish CT?

Yes but I actually like working, hate studying

With the common failing college one. I had an advisor mistakenly text me the day of graduation that I failed a class. So yeah, I'll have dreams of that for awhile...

I have dreams like this too…or once I find the toilets, they are disgustingly full or they are out in the open in front of everyone (or both!).

I hate those dreams!

Sleepy Joe had a dream.
He was doing what he does best, he was a taking a nap.
It his deep sleep, he had a dream of George Washington's ghost.
He said, "George, what can I do to get the American people to like me?"
George replied, "Always tell the people the truth, and never lie to them".
That startled Sleepy and woke him up.
Well, Sleepy does what he does best and he fell back asleep again.
This time he had a dream of Thomas Jefferson's ghost.
He said, "Thomas, how can I get the American people to like me?"
Thomas Jefferson replied, "Follow the Constitution as it is written and never waver from it."
Well that startled Sleep and woke him up.
However, he does what he does best and he fell asleep again.
This time he had a dream of Abraham Lincoln's ghost.
He said, "Abe how can I get the American people to like me?"
Abe replied, "Go see a play!"

"Dreams are like fish, you gotta keep on reeling'." ~ G-Love

Not graduating A&M

I dream that I have a class that starts in 15 minutes but have no idea where it is.

Often dream I am doing everyday things but I am able to fly. The last one I was playing golf and would fly to where the ball came to rest.

Lots of dreams about people trying to kill me and I have a firearm that will not fire. I point it at the bad guy, pull the trigger and nothing happens.

I was really worried about missing some kind of fine or paperwork or something and getting the 8 1/2x11 in my tube telling me to go to the registrar's office. Of course as soon as I opened the tube, there it was.

Turns out they misprinted my diploma.

B-1 83 said:

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I always have the one where I see myself in some sort of sun god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women throwing little pickles at me.

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I knew I could count on someone to post this.

bagger05 said:

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I have a final in a class I haven't been going to all semester.

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My recurring dream is where I'm absolutely unprepared for a college final. Used to have it several times a year. But my last one was a doozy and it involved a day at A&M when I had two finals. One I had attended class sporadically but had no idea what the final was going to be about. The other I don't think I attended class since early in the semester but for the life of me I couldn't remember the location of the building where the classroom was and man I was stressed. These were some type of science/math subjects.
Full disclosure: I took freshman chemistry enough times that I could have probably called it having a minor in freshman chemistry. The Dean of the Vet School told me he thought my genius lay in some other field of endeavor.

trying to drive my truck (that i havent had in years) from the back seat.

Hwy30East said:

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I dream that I'm able to fly, and flying, but I don't know how to land.

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To add…

I also have the dream where I'm in a fight and feel like I'm in slow motion and can't hit anyone hard enough..

And though I dabble in playing the guitar, I dream I'm up on stage about to start a concert knowing I can't play well enough to be there. The show starts and I start playing and singing like I'm a star and the crowd goes crazy.

All my posts keep getting deleted.

Have this recurring dream where I'm driving a car and have to absolutely stand on the brakes to get it to slow down and avoid a collision. And I'm doing that over and over and over in traffic. Just completely worried the whole time.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Returning to high school to complete a class I missed
College final (same as bagger)
Losing a molar
Late for a flight and trying to get to the airport

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I keep having the one where I have to go back to college to complete a course I need... and I say to myself in the dream "this time I am going to every class" but then 1-2 months pass and I realize I forgot to go to class at all.

For years I had the one where I wasn't prepared for a test that decides everything.

Then, I evolved and my dream self realized that I am not in school anymore but now I have dreams where they tell me they messed up and I shouldn't have graduated and I have to go back for my last year again. I seem less worried about school or tests and more worried about having to move, the loss of income, and pushing my retirement age back due to a break from working.

I saw some article where the new spider man actor said he has learned to become aware that he's dreaming in dreams this and then he turns it into some kind of fun fantasy instead of a stressful dream.

I've had a detachable pee-nis dream a few times.

I've had quite a few variants of the back in school dream. Sometimes it involves either my HS or A&M saying there was a mistake and I need to take one class to actually graduate. Sometimes I have one class that I keep forgetting to attend no matter how much I try. Sometimes I show up to the class wearing only tighty whities.

Texmid said:

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I dream that I have a class that starts in 15 minutes but have no idea where it is.

Often dream I am doing everyday things but I am able to fly. The last one I was playing golf and would fly to where the ball came to rest.

Lots of dreams about people trying to kill me and I have a firearm that will not fire. I point it at the bad guy, pull the trigger and nothing happens.

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I obviously need counseling. I have the not graduating from A&M dream, not being prepared for a test dream, and the teeth falling out dream.

The worst is the dream where I have a gun and either the trigger is frozen, I pull the trigger and it doesn't go off, or the trigger breaks when I pull it.

JB!98 said:

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Texmid said:

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I dream that I have a class that starts in 15 minutes but have no idea where it is.

Often dream I am doing everyday things but I am able to fly. The last one I was playing golf and would fly to where the ball came to rest.

Lots of dreams about people trying to kill me and I have a firearm that will not fire. I point it at the bad guy, pull the trigger and nothing happens.

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I obviously need counseling. I have the not graduating from A&M dream, not being prepared for a test dream, and the teeth falling out dream.

The worst is the dream where I have a gun and either the trigger is frozen, I pull the trigger and it doesn't go off, or the trigger breaks when I pull it.

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I can fire the gun, but the bullet doesn't do any damage so I beat them to death with my bare hands like a g******** American.

Ulrich said:

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JB!98 said:

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Texmid said:

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I dream that I have a class that starts in 15 minutes but have no idea where it is.

Often dream I am doing everyday things but I am able to fly. The last one I was playing golf and would fly to where the ball came to rest.

Lots of dreams about people trying to kill me and I have a firearm that will not fire. I point it at the bad guy, pull the trigger and nothing happens.

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I obviously need counseling. I have the not graduating from A&M dream, not being prepared for a test dream, and the teeth falling out dream.

The worst is the dream where I have a gun and either the trigger is frozen, I pull the trigger and it doesn't go off, or the trigger breaks when I pull it.

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I can fire the gun, but the bullet doesn't do any damage so I beat them to death with my bare hands like a g******** American.

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I have the dream where I haven't been going to class and spend the whole dream trying to find the classroom. There's a giant Soviet building somewhere northeast of the academic building but I can't find the right one, or if I do I can't find the classroom. Sometimes this is merged with a dream where I've just showed up to campus trying to fit in with weird roommates in my north side dorm. The smell is hauntingly accurate, I have few memories more vivid than the smell of Schuhmacher the first day of move-in.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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trying to drive my truck (that i havent had in years) from the back seat.

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Sometimes I drive a bus from the back. It's hard to see out the front window from the back of the bus so I'm always afraid I'm going to crash into things. Really scary when I'm on the highway.

New World Ag said:

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I've had a detachable pee-nis dream a few times.

I've had quite a few variants of the back in school dream. Sometimes it involves either my HS or A&M saying there was a mistake and I need to take one class to actually graduate. Sometimes I have one class that I keep forgetting to attend no matter how much I try. Sometimes I show up to the class wearing only tighty whities.

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We are gonna need a psychiatrist to weigh in on this one.

Ulrich said:

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I have the dream where I haven't been going to class and spend the whole dream trying to find the classroom. There's a giant Soviet building somewhere northeast of the academic building but I can't find the right one, or if I do I can't find the classroom. Sometimes this is merged with a dream where I've just showed up to campus trying to fit in with weird roommates in my north side dorm. The smell is hauntingly accurate, I have few memories more vivid than the smell of Schuhmacher the first day of move-in.

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I look for the class in Heldenfelds and they say it's in the Academic Building. I go to the Academic Building, and they say the class is in Heldenfelds. This goes on day after day for a whole semester.

torrid said:

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All my posts keep getting deleted.

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Speaking of which, anyone watch SNL last night?

You get your psych degree at the song house bro?