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.
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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!
Dream dictionaries are a very helpful tool when interpreting dreams. However, generally learning how to approach your dreams, will give you a better foundation for understanding them. My online course “Unlock your DREAMlife” teaches you how to much better utilize – recall and understand – your dreams.
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.
Hi – from past 4 days I was dreaming around 4:30 to 5 am I was about to give test with prepaired cheating concept and my friends and school comes in that dream to help me cheating or whole people who came to give test also cheating but I was about to cheat and something happens and I could not appear for the test or could not cheat
Last night in my dream, I was writing the same exam with my sister. We were seated together, and I would often glance at her direction to see how she is writing. She was writing her answers smoothly without even looking up. After the answer booklets were submitted, my teacher pointed out to me that my answer booklet was duly filled with answers without leaving any blank pages behind except for the last page where we are not supposed to write, whereas my sister’s answer booklet was not completely filled (the last 2 pages were left blank), and all the answers she wrote were written in small illegible handwriting. Can you please interpret this dream?
Just yesterday my family was trying to talk my sister out of her present troubled relationship with a guy.
I usually have dreams where I’m writing exams and I usually don’t write much or anything at all but my mates always do, (I usually end up having wet dreams whenever such dreams occur).
I had the same dream today after several years of not experiencing such.
I don’t always write anything as my book is always blank and I normally have this urge to ejaculate during this process.
Hi Brown – and thank you for your enormously interesting dream! It is hard for me to guess what it might be about since I don’t know much about you / your life situation. One simple thought could be that there is something extremely creative you are holding back on /not doing / living out in your life. I.e. the sperm /semen symbolizing LIFE – something you can create – but are maybe not creating because of… well – I wouldn’t know that! Fear, not believing enough in yourself/what you have to offer. BUT – these are just immediate thoughts – and again, I would need to know more about you/your life situation, thoughts etc. to come up with more qualified interpretations. Best – Michael
Hello
I dreamt when am about to take on a math exam at school bit before i went for it some1 i knew gave me the paper we had to sit for but i dint go through it and i just ran for the paper since i was late but one of the people qho was sitting near me was my primary old boy(O.B) and another behind me too but immediately after serving papers i heard them scream tht ..this is such an easy paper ..
Please help me interprete ..🙏
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i dreamt that i was in the exam hall with old high school mates. the feeling i got from the dream was that most of us did not really know the answer and were somewhat depending on each other. half the exam time had passed and i had baely written anything. when i was about starting to write, i woke up
Can you help me better understand what my dream was? I feel really uncomfortable about it. Last night, I kept waking up and dreaming about the same concept. I meant every time I dream, there would be a different number each time with different shades of purple like it was a trial like 1a 1b 1 c 1d and then different scenes would come along with different people. then suddenly I would wake up again and then sleep just to dream another number with the same color and then a different scene with another different person. It went on until I freaked out because it felt like my brain was diagnosing me for something..
I have a dream of me writing exam in an unknown college in that dream I was not inside the hall I was outside and surrounded by unknown people, I didn’t start writing then I wake up. Please sir what does dis mean?
Dreaming that i miss the exam…i lost admit card…..i was getting a lot of obstacles in going to exam hall..what does it means
I saw That I was Giving a hotel management exam which is in May and I was writing it .Then I remember the scene in I picked up something and thought that for only day of study I got #9 position and Passed .I was relaxed at that moment then I woke up.
Hi Percy – thank you for your comment! As I understand what you write you are actually having that exam in May. One guess as to the meaning of the dream would be that it tries to calm you down – that things will be alright. I would however recommend that you read / study more than one day 🙂 Best rgds – Michael
I dream where I missed to write exam with people I don’t know but they were much . I can’t really picture anyone face I know when I get to d exam venue. It an open field. Plenty people.
Hi Christine – thank you for your comment and your interesting dream. Since I don’t know anything about you / what is happening in your life right now, it is hard for me to come up with good ideas for interpretations. Did you read the blogpost? you might ask – what kind of “exam” are you missing out on (in life) right now? Best- Michael
I dream about me, at the college. The prof was discussing about a topic then gave us a question to answer as a test. I dont know why I was just staring at my white notes despite knowing the answers to them. Later on the prof has decided to gather our white notes and that was only the time i crammed when I realized I knew the answer.
I wonder why I was like that in a dream . Hope you can answer.
Hi Andromeda – it is really hard for me to guess what this might be about since I don’t know much about you/what is happening in your life right now. Do you actually go to college? And are tests a relevant theme then? You might also think about this angle; do you tend to hold back with your knowledge sometimes – or simply tend to hide/hold back with all the good stuff that you have to offer the world? Best – Michael
I dream seeing my self in high school writing exams ,bt I know the answer but I can right
I got a weird dream. Lockdown down is going on and my class 12 boards is not over. In the I find myself sitting on my room and giving the computer exam online( I don’t have computer subject in real life). It felt to be a difficult exam. I was literally cheating using a notebook since it was online exam. Although I was writing very fast I couldn’t finish the paper. I could even remember the questions. But as soon the time was up I finally realized I couldn’t complete the paper and a 8 Mark’s question has been left out. And as soon as I submitted my paper few people arrived at my house and gave a very weird look as if they found out I cheated. This was my dream. I saw it around 9 am in the morning. And I could remember it quite clearly
Hi Sneha – what an interesting dream! And as you say – linked to /related to the pandemic/lock-down situation that most of us – across the globe (me in Denmark) are affected by. It is hard for me to say what the specific dreams means for you – but it seems from what you write that you ARE going to school/college/university at the moment? I guess the dream could be commenting on this – your fear of not being able to complete the study because of the pandemic – or even an unconscious hope that it will be easier for you to get through it because of the pandemic? I.e. that maybe courses will be cancelled, that you will automatically pass etc…. or the dream telling you that you are taking things too easy at the moment – not studying as much as you could do given the (more) time that you currently have. Just ideas – and only based on what you have written. Best rgds – Michael
In dream i am wriiting exam but i am able to read that question paper.I cnt write my name also even in fream some give me answer sheet also i am not able to write. In dream. Diz dream co ming many times to me
Pls sir I want u to help me I have dis constant having sex in d dream… I have prayed n prayed go for deliverance yet still experiencing it… Pls help me
I dreamt that I was finding it difficult to get a piece of paper to attempt the question .Someone even finished and submitted and I haven’t even gotten a paper to answer it .Please what does it mean
Hello! Good day, I most times dream of writing a test, and at the end of the test or during the test, I won’t write anything because I don’t know the answers, but in my dream I see my mate writing and almost wanting to check for their answers…. I get worried when I have dreams like dis
I had a dream that I was taking a test I waited to see if I past. I missed 4
Questions. I was correcting what I missed zithers was watching I try it to let them see. I was saying I went to fast. Not sure if I pasted are failed. What do this mean. Help please
I had a dream that we were about to present our internship reports in school everyone was dressed in a certain garment except me and one boy that I know so well every one had defended but my time never came I got up what does this mean
Hi. Kindly tell me what does this dream mean. I saw myself giving an exams of most difficilt subject ‘research’ i never new it, that was a kind of new syllabus in it. I was stuck in all questions and was trying to cheat form other stifent paper. one co professor tries to help me cheat about the math question by writing answer on tissue paper meanwhile examinar(my teacher) look us cheating and he shoot the co teacher and many other cheaters with different punishments, i ran outside and walked on stairs which were closed that’s why i stuck in middle of the stairs, teacher’s and his one assistant was chasing me and assistant finds me and went me back to examination hall somehow i again ran and walked to home where i find my family was thinking i m outside for two days and died there was many people praying for my soul in home i ran to kitchen there was a lady hugged me and told me that try to react that u r not here hide yourself from people because they r here for praying for u.