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I Keep Dreaming I’m Back in College and Have Final Exams I Didn’t Study For — Here’s What Experts Say It Means

It’s Not What I Wanted to Hear 😬

Nate McCallister 💡
2 min readNov 8, 2023

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I’ve had the same dream frequently over my time as an entrepreneur.

It’s the end of the year (either high school or college, but usually college) and I frantically remember that I entirely ignored one or more classes.

In the scenario, these classes are always the last ones I need to graduate. Sometimes, I didn’t even know I had enrolled in them.

I googled what this dream could mean, which is something I usually avoid because there are few softer sciences than dream interpretations.

Here’s what Manuela Schmitten, a psychologist at Inner Space Psychology and Inbaal Honigman, a psychic and dreams expert, said this dream could mean in an article

There’s Some Underlying Anxiety in My Life

“These dreams are anxiety dreams, and tap into a tendency to visualize the worst-case scenario,” says Honigman.

Am I anxious? A little bit. I don’t think it’s at an unhealthy or abnormal level, but I am certainly always a bit anxious about my work.

It Could Indicate Low Self-Confidence

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Nate McCallister 💡
Nate McCallister 💡

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