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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When trying to understand your dreams it is important to know that your dreams are… your dreams. As such, you are the best person to figure out the true meaning of your dreams.
However, it is important to learn how to generally approach your dreams. Dream dictionaries like this one are only a supplement, and if you want to fully utilize the potential of your dreams, you should start at a different place.
My online course “Unlock your DREAMlife” gives you a great foundation for understanding (and recalling) your dreams.
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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.
I dreamt that my sis and I,was having a test exam,we both didnt know what to write then one of my friend gave us phone to google the answers but before we submitted our work the lecturer refuse to collect the script and said we submitted late
I dream that I failed the final exam for my advanced degree which I have at the moment and all my friends have passed. I am very ashamed in the dream, and the friends I dream of are not even my classmates when I was in college, but friends from elementary school. I’ve been having this kind of dream for the past 6 years.
Mine waz! I couldn’t write anything…waz confused in the exam Hall…don’t know… could help and interpret that… THANKZ
In my dream I was running out of time in my exam and was frantically worried that I would not finish the paper. I think the above interpretation fits perfectly with my current work life. Thanks
I had a dream of writing examination I only finish the objective and I didn’t touch the part 2 before the paper was collected. What is the meaning?
In my dream I was writing the exam with my friends I know in highschool days all of them were looking into paper for answerand I was with any of the paper later one guy gave his paper to me and as soon as gave me the paper the invigilator Walk straight to me and pick up the paper and said you cheating and everyone in room was laughing I feel embarrassed.
I had a dream that i was given a urine test back but it was mixed with my urine and my crushes urine. All they said to me was “it’s filled to the top bc you both created a lot of urine “ and i just remember taking the cup and being happy. So strange 😩
I had a dream of a test.in i English I scored a low mark of 19%.we even had time to cross check it was right mark.in mathematics I had scored above 70% but i had not got the paper.am not a student as for now.
I dream that we were at school and the lecturers give us our questions paper.when the time comes I was given my friends paper with all filled answers because she was cheating when she got the question paper
For many occasions, I have been dreaming of writing test or exam,is either I’m not prepared or I will notice that my test strips is missing. O really want to know the status of my Dream … thanks
I had a dream that my mother sent me to school and I am walking towards the examination hall (I remember that on my way a class fellow told me today is Math exam and I am very weak at Math). My heart pounding and I was full of anxiety and fear. I sit and I see my surroundings. Everyone was giving that exam with an ease and then the teacher comes with the paper. I try to solve some sums but I couldn’t solve any….. while the others called the math teacher for help and are saying to him: Will we apply this formulae for this sum ??? and the math teacher smiles and nodes students asked for sheet after sheet I panicked but I didn’t know thing then I remember that we submitted the exam and leave the hall. Was it on purpose that my mind set up a dream like that because my exams are after 3 days they will be held online but why in my dream I was in my school’s examination hall ??? Did it come because of the fact that I don’t know anything about any exam.😫☹😖 ???
whenever I find myself in the dream writing exam, I usually don’t write anything before time goes against me, whereas others were able to write their answers before submitting…
I dream that i was ready to do the exam but I was not writing anything
In my dream, I didn’t finished the exam that’s why I’d rather not hand to the teacher.,
I dreamt that I was late for my promotion exams.
When I was finally offered a sit to write the exams, the answer script given to me was half used by another person. Again I requested for another answer script and the examiner showed me one in his hands that it has also been used halfway too.
I couldn’t write anything in the exams hall
I have this dream Everytime I don’t use to see the results but I keep on writing exams I don’t know am confused because I didn’t want to go back to school but I made up my mind am going back to school because of this dream Everytime 🤦♀️
I have a dream my teacher confiscate my test paper because of one of my friend write the formula to my paper even my cellphone she confiscated too. Now, I am wondering does it mean.
I always dream writing test but the surprising thing is that I always fail and write slowly . I don’t go to school I completed my grade twelve in 2015, I have not yet done any course. Please help me what does this symbolise in my life?
I had a dream last night. I found myself in a hall where by the hall was almost full. Another line of seat was created at the centre of the hall. But I sat at the front seat on the new line created. I saw question papers distributed to people but I discovered I was the only one left with questions paper. When I inquired about my question paper the invigilator said I should hold on. Umtiti woke up I didn’t receive the question paper.. What does this mean?
I had a dream where I was late for an exam with my friend. We were finally allowed to the exam hall and my friend was able to finish her own paper but I couldn’t probably because of anxiety on the bases of being late, though a lot of people couldn’t finish too and we went to meet the lecture only for him to tell us that we have definitely failed the exam.