Just Curious....

[ladysprite]

How old do you have to be to finally stop having those 'Oh my god I have a test in an hour and I forgot to study or read the textbook or ever go to the class' dreams?

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[goldenoak.livejournal.com]

I've heard of a professor having them all the way up through retirement.

The subject matter is the psyche expressing fear at lack of control, similar to the classic "why am I not wearing any clothes" vulnerability dream. So most likely they continue until you stop fearing lack of control, or feeling vulnerable. That's something to aspire to, but hard to ever actually accomplish. :)

I temporarily conquered the "shoot, I'm naked" dream by deciding that if people were upset that I was naked, they could bloody well help me find something to put on. In the dreams I started just going up to folks and saying "hi, sorry, yeah, I know, naked, terribly embarassing - could you help?" I stopped having those dreams for awhile. I thought I was so clever in vanquishing my vulnerabilty dream, until my psyche came up with the "naked and being hunted down by strange men through a decaying city where no one speaks English" dream to replace it. :p

So, yeah. When you become superhuman, tell the rest of us how you managed it? :)

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

The changes to my naked dream fascinates me....the fatter/older I get, the less they bother me. Now I just walk around like I'm fabulous in them. And yes, there are other newer vulnerability dreams. Le Sigh.

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

I'm a professor. I've never had the test dream. I have, however, after a bad reappointment review, had a dream where I show up completely unprepared to teach on the first day of class. I have the naked dreams, though. I also have dreams where I need to go to the bathroom and none of the toilets have doors, or have doors that don't cover the right parts. What's up with that?

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

You ever have the "Warner Brothers and Dot" dream where you look at the stall/bathroom and say "I can't go in THERE!"

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

Yup. I look everywhere for an acceptable bathroom and can't find one.