
She says that the dreamer may be facing a decision or responsibility where he or she knows what to do, but is reluctant to act. A few years ago i n an article on the Psychology Today web site, neurologist Judy Willis hypothesized several meanings behind the dream. I guess that’s not surprising, since psychologists say the dream has less to do with school than with current life issues. Since then, it has been a recurring nightmare much of my adult lifeĪpparently many other people have this same dream decades after they finish school. I hear that it’s a common dream, though for me, I never started having it until years after I finished college.

You know the one-where it’s the end of the semester and you realize the final exam is tomorrow for the class you forgot you were taking and haven’t attended since the first day.
