# When did you stop having the "test dream"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 15, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707 "2010-11-15T05:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707/121 "2011-03-29T02:42:26Z")

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> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#):
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> What about the “I went out in public completely topless by accident” dream? :smack: Does that one _ever_ stop??

Bow chicka, bow bow…

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707/122 "2011-03-29T04:23:37Z")

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I don’t think the test dream necessarily has much to do overall with actual tests or schooling - I’ve never had much test anxiety to speak of in waking life. With me the “dream test” is always some class I signed up for and somehow forgot to attend all semester, so that I can’t usually find the classroom, or can’t remember the date of the final, or can’t comprehend the final if I can get there because I’ve never even been to the class once. It’s more of a frustration, confusion, “where am I supposed to be and what am I supposed to be doing” dream.

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707/123 "2011-03-29T04:35:31Z")

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> [@olivesmarch4th](#):
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> I enjoy tests and have never had test anxiety, but I have this dream quite frequently.

Me too. I got my MLIS in '99 but they still happen–usually I’ve forgotten to go to the class all semester, or totally failed to do any of the homework. It’s always for a specific class, like astronomy or Chinese or something. (I’ve never taken Chinese, but I’ve had dreams about taking the final exam. Not for Russian, though, which I did take.)

My DAD still has them. I think they last forever.

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-having-the-test-dream/560707/124 "2011-03-29T07:58:25Z")

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I’m 60 and still have my version of the class/test dream every once in a while. (High School.) Not quite a nightmare, but a very unpleasant “stressful predicament” dream.

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