I am too old to still have dreams about high school - Page 2

shiney · 10-08-2014, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake

You think dreams about high school are scary?
I've had dreams before about all you fuckers on NPF.

I thought we said we'd keep that private. Look, the sheets got cleaned, that's all that needs to be said.

synkr0nized · 10-08-2014, 06:07 PM

I still do, though inevitably I start questioning why I am in high school when I have completed both college and a graduate program. Then things sort of go weird, though in my dreams that's not unexpected.

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Originally Posted by Flarecobra

[...] I was freaking out because I couldn't find my locker.

I don't know why, but in many "lol synk you're in high school for some reason" dreams I have difficulty finding my locker and get really bothered by this.

Flarecobra · 10-08-2014, 06:09 PM

I had one last night, and for some reason, it was my MIDDLE SCHOOL, and I was freaking out because I couldn't find my locker.

**Revising Ocelot** · 10-08-2014, 08:18 PM

Dreams, nah. Nightmares, plenty!
I used to have some about five years back where I'd be back in secondary (high) school, and suddenly TURRURISTS would barge in and hold the entire school hostage for reasons. Rather than having some power fantasy where I'd sneak up, take one down, steal his gun, take out the rest and be lauded as a hero, I'd instead be stuck in the toilets while they invade because I'm having a major stomach upset. They'd comb the school, while I'm sweating in fear and trying to clean up because the brown stuff will not stop flowing. I hear noises outside, such as one putting a crate by the stall. Then one leans over the top, and shoots me in the chest. I fall forward, not dying instantly, but everything seizing up in cardiac arrest...

...and then I wake up and it's 4AM in the morning and my bedsheets are drenched in sweat.

These days I don't really remember my dreams, they're usually gone immediately after waking up or irretrievably forgotten five minutes after. Nothing school related, I think. Mostly me being someone else, actually being that person and not just pretending to be them. I'm a very envious person.

Marc v4.0 · 10-09-2014, 12:09 AM

Every dream i have had about High School in my adult life has turned into me going 'Wait, I graduated, i don;t have to do shit!' then wandering the hallways and grabbing food in the cafeteria .

synkr0nized · 10-09-2014, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Flarecobra

I had one last night, and for some reason, it was my MIDDLE SCHOOL, and I was freaking out because I couldn't find my locker.

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Originally Posted by synkr0nized

I don't know why, but in many "lol synk you're in high school for some reason" dreams I have difficulty finding my locker and get really bothered by this.

So I just now did a [very brief] search, and preliminary evidence suggests this is one of the most common "stress dream" themes. I suppose that makes sense for me, given the nature of working on and completing a dissertation and looking for a job in the past several years.

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Originally Posted by pochercoaster

Also, for those of you who went to grad school, I bet the dreams are a million times worse. Confirm/deny?

...perhaps confirming that.

I can recall that some, likely when the more rational part of my subconscious won out, averted this scenario or moved past it and started breaking down, in the sense that more fantastical or illogical events would occur (physically impossible geometry, environment shifts, less realistic settings). Those ones were entertaining.

Nique · 10-09-2014, 01:28 AM

I will say that I think my highschool 'stress' dreams stopped completely only recently, maybe within the last couple of years.

Now I have dreams where my family is falling apart and I get into lots of physical altercations with family members, which is not something that has ever happened IRL so I don't know what to make of those.

pochercoaster · 10-09-2014, 03:05 AM

I have the recurring theme of being unable to find my locker as well. Also, in my high school they rotated the first and last classes of the day every week, so in my dreams I'm usually trying to figure out if it's an A or B week so I know which class to go to.

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Now I have dreams where my family is falling apart and I get into lots of physical altercations with family members, which is not something that has ever happened IRL so I don't know what to make of those.

I had a dream where [disturbing] my mother was beckoning me to look at something and she opened the door to the bathroom where the severed head of a man she murdered was sitting on top of the toilet and vomitting into it while still clearly conscious. You know, normal family stuff. And then there's also dreams where my mother is screaming uncontrollably in my face. -_-

shiney · 10-09-2014, 08:29 AM

I just used to have the "Oh no, I had pants on but now they're gone and everyone can see my tighty whiteys/dangly bits" dreams. Been a while, though.

Osterbaum · 10-09-2014, 10:58 AM

Oh and wet dreams. Lots of wet dreams.

10-08-2014, 06:09 PM	#13
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	I had one last night, and for some reason, it was my MIDDLE SCHOOL, and I was freaking out because I couldn't find my locker. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them. Last edited by Flarecobra; 10-08-2014 at 08:44 PM.

10-08-2014, 08:18 PM	#14
Revising Ocelot Douchebag Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Probably somewhere in England. Posts: 1,897	Dreams, nah. Nightmares, plenty! I used to have some about five years back where I'd be back in secondary (high) school, and suddenly TURRURISTS would barge in and hold the entire school hostage for reasons. Rather than having some power fantasy where I'd sneak up, take one down, steal his gun, take out the rest and be lauded as a hero, I'd instead be stuck in the toilets while they invade because I'm having a major stomach upset. They'd comb the school, while I'm sweating in fear and trying to clean up because the brown stuff will not stop flowing. I hear noises outside, such as one putting a crate by the stall. Then one leans over the top, and shoots me in the chest. I fall forward, not dying instantly, but everything seizing up in cardiac arrest... ...and then I wake up and it's 4AM in the morning and my bedsheets are drenched in sweat. These days I don't really remember my dreams, they're usually gone immediately after waking up or irretrievably forgotten five minutes after. Nothing school related, I think. Mostly me being someone else, actually being that person and not just pretending to be them. I'm a very envious person. __________________ magic sucks

10-09-2014, 12:09 AM	#15
Marc v4.0 Fight Me, Nerds Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,470	Every dream i have had about High School in my adult life has turned into me going 'Wait, I graduated, i don;t have to do shit!' then wandering the hallways and grabbing food in the cafeteria . __________________

10-09-2014, 08:29 AM	#19
shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	I just used to have the "Oh no, I had pants on but now they're gone and everyone can see my tighty whiteys/dangly bits" dreams. Been a while, though. __________________ boop

10-09-2014, 10:58 AM	#20
Osterbaum The revolution will be memed! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: FIN Posts: 5,967	Oh and wet dreams. Lots of wet dreams. __________________ D is for Dirty Commie!