Exams

If a student is taking exams, this is a common anxiety dream meaning you don’t feel ready or prepared for the test.

If you’re not taking exams in real life then this dream is a metaphor for some kind of difficulty you are facing at work.

• This is a fear of failure dream and reflects where you feel you are going to be assessed or judged by others on your performance.

• The dream reflects your lack of confidence in your abilities. It can also occur with other kinds of tests in life from auditions to interviews to driving tests. Where are you being tested in your life?

Accountability and responsibility are the principles that lie behind the symbolic meaning of exams. When you were in school, the exam was a high- pressured demand to perform along these lines, and the exam is one of the most prolific dream environments to return to. In this way, taking an exam is a fairly ubiquitous anxiety dream and always relates to your experience of being held accountable for what you have recently learned.

(See Pop Quiz, Quiz, Taking a Test.)