Why do so many of us have the same stress dream?

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It’s been decades since I’ve been in school, but I still dream about having to take a final for a class that I haven’t been to all semester and now I don’t know where the classroom is located (never had the “forgot to wear clothes variation”. Why is it so common, even so longer after school?

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Its the perceived bottleneck for future success.

RedDeerGuy1 (24937

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Because most humans were forced to go to school, and due to being human and similar circumstances, experienced school often as stressful and traumatic.

ragingloli (52226

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It’s a perfect setting for stress experiences. Dreams are often packed with symbolism, analogy, and metaphor. A stress dream is about your emotional state, right now, today, but school is a likely setting for it because there are so many ways for school experiences to mirror whatever present stresses you’re having.

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