Dreams about exams – what do they mean? (dream interpretation exam, test, trial)
Dream interpretation exam, test, trial. Dreaming that you are going to take an exam or actually taking an exam (and maybe even failing?) is a very common theme in dream interpretation. Actually, this theme is one of the ten most remembered in dreams. But what does it mean?
Exams in dreams as a symbol of a real trial in life. Yes, it really is quite simple. Often the dream is about an upcoming – or a finished – test or exam in life. This can be a real school exam or another type of trial or test (job, relationship etc.). It has been proven that people who work in performance-related jobs (for example giving talks and lectures, teaching or management roles) often dream about being at exams – or quite simply dream about the situation in which they feel they are at an exam (their job situation which they see as a trial or test, that is).
Dreams about exams (or tests) might symbolize an upcoming decision that needs to be made about you rather than by you. It can also symbolize a new phase in your life (maybe becoming a parent), and the question is then if you’ll pass or fail.
Dreaming about exams as a symbol of low self-esteem/self-confidence. Naturally, the dream might also mean that the dreamer (you?) is living with a sense of low self-esteem; that you don’t think you are living up to the trials in your life, but it might also mean that you perhaps have an unacknowledged performance anxiety or anxiety towards authority.
If the low self-esteem or the performance anxiety is dealt with, well, then you might dream that you are passing your exam, and you may realize that the exam you are taking in your dream – and that you are exposing yourself to in real life – may not even be necessary!
Also read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free
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NOTE: Dream interpretation is not always an easy skill, and when you dream about taking exams, it is almost certainly about something different for you than it is for someone else dreaming about exams. It is crucial that you feel the interpretation fits you, and it might be the case that the above interpretations do not suit you and your situation.
Have you had a difficult dream about taking an exam that you can’t really understand or that you’d just like to share? Feel free to comment below.
I dreamt of a known teacher requesting to mark his pupils exam papers in my house.
I dreamt of a known teacher requesting to mark his pupils exam papers in my house.
i was just sitting on exam hall ,
( but my classmates are giving a exam and i was just like teacher taking a exam of friend )
i was just sitting on exam hall and everyone is giving a test but i was feeling that , i was passed my exam already
what does it mean ?
I usually dream like writing an exam orelse I just enter into exam hall and cant able to write…..
I dream about passing my exams . Which in real life am still preparing for it to write
I regularly dream about exams. Sometimes it’s that already half the time has passed and I didn’t reach the exam hall yet. Sometimes it’s that I learnt everything but can’t remember a word just before the exam. Sometimes I dream that I prepared for the wrong subject. Dreams about exam are so worrying, even after waking up.
I dreamt I had an exam and was unable to answer the questions even when a friend was trying to help me .
I had a dream that I was in exam Hall, and the questions were very easily for me and I was performing well
The dream I had was that we were to write the exam after some time so I decided to study with the remaining time, fortunately all I studied were found on the question paper and I answered them all and friends were seeking answers from me.
I dream that I was in exam hall and when the exam started, I was busy joking and laughing doing something else. So later I started writing the exam and the exam was so simple, after sometimes I realise that my fellow students have finished their exam but am still struggling to meet up with the time because the time is far spent
I had a dream, that I was writing an exam, and I arrived late to the hall. And the invigilator allowed me in. And I discovered that the questions were going to be easy for me to answer, i started answering them remain small but time didn’t allowed me but also happy because the rest i done is nice
I dream I was to write an exam, and I arrived late to the hall. And the invigilator allowed me in. And I discovered that the questions were going to be easy for me to answer, i started answering them remain small but time didn’t allowed me but also happy because the rest i done is nice
I dream about taking a test while I saw my friend also taking a test in a classroom. I just saw him answering it well and I was wondering how he answered it and I don’t know how to get that answer. (The question was all about numbers and we need to put it in the paper)
I think deeper and deeper and I just realize that it’s sounds weird and have no idea how they get that answer. I think I was just sitting there and don’t know what to do. All of my classmates are finished and guess what? I was the only one doing the test and I was a bit nervous and tense.
What a stressful dream
I had weird dream I failed in college exams i was crying but i am already graduated and never fails in any exams . why i having these kind of dreams
I always dream where I’m in an exam hall to write a paper I’m not prepared for. Sometimes, friends would provide me with the answers, yet I won’t be able to write them.
I always dream where I’m in an exam hall to write a paper I’m not prepared for. Sometimes, friends would provide me with the answers, yet I won’t be able to write them.
I dream I was to write an exam, and I arrived late to the hall. And the invigilator allowed me in. And I discovered that the questions were going to be easy for me to answer but I could not write anything. Because I don’t know how to start. And I woke up remembering the answer to the questions
I dream I was to write an exam, and I arrived late to the hall. And the invigilator allowed me in. And I discovered that the questions were going to be easy for me to answer but I could not write anything. Because I don’t know how to start. And I woke up remembering the answer to the questions
I’m an o level Cambridge student, I just finished my exams and I’ve been having these weird dreams lately 😕. It’s about me not going to attend my exams, one time I left for the exam hall and forget my artwork at home and I had to return home, after arriving home, the time has changed so fast that I missed the exam and the rest are that I forget the date or time about the exams( the dreams ). The weirdest thing is that in all the dreams, I didn’t do the exams. It happened a few times now and I think it’s getting serious.