Why adults still dream about school

Re:Why adults still dream about school by pram on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:46PM (#32945603)

I have dreams of still being in the military. I always think “I couldn’t have been stupid enough to reenlist, this isn’t possible” while it’s happening.

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Re:Why adults still dream about school by retr0nerd on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:41PM (#32946072)

I have these often as well. Had one the other night where I was headed back to bootcamp at 50. Somehow convinced myself in my dream that I could totally do it.

I always wake up with severe anxiety and have to look around to make sure I'm not living in the barracks.

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Re:Why adults still dream about school by PKop on Thursday September 22, 2022 @08:27PM (#32946429)

Same here, with this exact reaction. "Why did I reenlist, I can't believe I would do that?"

And I'm either deployed overseas back in combat or getting ready to leave. And I can't find my weapon or parts of my uniform or equipment.

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Re:Why adults still dream about school by YZF on Friday September 23, 2022 @02:14AM (#32948627)

I served in Israel, mandatory service, and I used to dream for the longest while that my discharge papers got lost and I just stayed there forever ;)

Since I'm making one random reply I might as well mention I used to dream about going to school and not being able to find my class. I think the dream had me skipping all classes (which I did, to go write code instead) for so long that I didn't even know what classes I was supposed to be in or where they were.

Part of my school PTSD is why we (mostly) home schooled our kids.

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