Test Dreams

Experiencing test dreams can be fairy common for people who have completed high school or university years decades after. More than likely the emotions expressed in your dream are often riddled with anxiety, the feeling being unprepared, or perhaps you are running out of time scrambling to complete the test.

These dreams can be extremely vivid as if you were placed in a time machine and sent back to the time when passing the test was necessary to advance.

The context in your dream contains hidden clues for you to examine as this problem tends to be unconscious to the dreamer. In fact test dreams are so common they tend to be one of the highest recorded recurring dream themes people tend to experience.

The feelings expressed during dream such as apprehensiveness, distressed, and anxiousness seem to mimic a specific area in your life.  However passing the test can be seen as a positive symbol representing of future advancement.

Test Dream Meaning

Exam dreams tend to manifest when we are experiencing difficulty moving to the next stage in our life. These advancements or set backs can either be emotional, physical, or even relate to relationships and career.

Your dream is trying to provide you with a message coded in metaphors that will help you recognize where this issue comes from. Specific details in your dream such as the emotions expressed may reveal what might be lurking behind the scenes.

For instance, if you were feeling nervous to pass the test or else you would be held back suggests a problem with either progress in your life; or experiencing the shame and embarrassment when it comes to failing.

Your own inadequacy and confidence is really at the forefront of this dream and not actually failing the test. The fears of being held back can apply to many aspects of your life you will need to find the missing link. If this problem is unconscious to you the dream will continue to rear its head as if you have a song on repeat until you make it conscious.

If you are dreaming of taking at test or exam the meaning alters depending what feelings are taking place. How did your test go? Did you have multiple choices? Let’s break down what it means to take a test in your dream.

Test Dream Symbolism:

• Procrastinating at something that needs to be done.
• Afraid to advance to the next step.
• A fear of being left behind.
• Feeling alone and scared.
• Feelings of inferiority or inadequacy.
• Not being prepared.
• Self-esteem issues.
• A lack of motivation.
• You are feeling examined by people or examining yourself too hard.
• Don’t want to be stuck or left behind.
• Failure to conform.

Test Dreams: Did You Fail The Test?

Knowing you will hand in a failed test is actually a quite common dream theme. These dreams tend to bring your attention to your insecurities, advancement, and past failures that might be repeating themselves in the present. The dream might make you want to reflect with the parts of you life where you feel like failure or not good enough.

Alternatively, the fear of failing may be connected to your confidence level. Could it suggest you are too hard on yourself or how others may perceive you? Once you are able to identify where the failure is originating and tackle the problem, your next dream might be of you passing a test.

Test Dreams: Missing Test Completely

A common dream rushing and scrambling trying to get to the classroom. Usually you might end up missing it or just arriving when the class is handing in their exams. Do these dream reflect your punctuality and preparedness in your life? It may help to examine your waking life and make sure you’re being thorough where you need to be.

These dreams can be quite alarming encouraging you to obtain more organization in your life. Could it suggest that you are missing many opportunities to take you to the next stage in life? Perhaps you need to become more responsible, thus maturity reflects a passing grade you need to obtain.

Test Dreams: Not Prepared

It is quite common not to be prepared for the test in your dream that hints at not being prepared enough for certain situations in your life. They could be mirror images of your relationships, individual tasks, or anything else challenging your unconscious mind. What aspects in your life where you are feeling challenged that you are unable to accomplish the tasks?

Test Dreams: Running Out of Time

This vivid dream theme usually starts off the test with only having a couple of minutes to finish the paper. A dream that is pretty much self explanatory reflecting not having enough time to complete things in your life. However, this might not be an easy find as these problems might relate to your relationships, self love, or others around you.

Does this dream suggest you do things last minute hinting at your procrastination coming back to  haunt you. Do you have enough time in the day to complete your personal tasks?

Test Dreams: No Pen or Pencil

Not having a pen or pencil during an exam is quite common that signify that the dreamer is unpaired in his or hers walking life. Are you someone who is unable to be organized or able to get your stuff together to complete a task? Pens or pencils in dreams are metaphoric symbols that express things that need to be remembered, the danger of things in your life being forgotten. Remember the pen is mightier than the sword…

Test In Foreign Language!

Believe it or not but most of our test or exam dreams come in other languages. This can be quite a scary situation knowing right then and there your going to fail miserably. These dreams equate to not understanding what is in front of you and feeling lost or unable to understand something in your life.

Where is my Seat?

As bizarre as it sounds trying to find your seat while all are taken is more common than you think. These dreams are meant for the people who are rushing and not prepared to focus before an event. You might be needing to be more assertive in your life or might be procrastinating too much. If you are usually late then it could be a symbol for you to be more prepared or come early.

I’m Late For Exam Dream

Could this dream be a representation of procrastination or unpreparedness in your life?  Do you feel you are always behind in life and not organized with your time? If this is the case then this dream seems to be directed at your punctuality.

Cheating On Test Dream

Cheating on a test brings your attention to your confidence level and laziness behaviour. This might also be a metaphor for copying other people and not having a mind of your own, or want to advance by the help of others.

Passing The Test Dream

Passing a test in your dream is a positive dream symbol usually connected to fixing a past problem. You may have a sequence of test dreams that are depicted as we mentioned as failing or recurring. Once the problem in recognized in your walking life you will advance to the next stage.

Good Grades Dream Meaning

You have passed the test. Congratulations! Dreaming of a good test or exam result reflects a passing grade either emotionally, psychically, or future success in your life. You might not know what this is now but in the next couple of months looking back you will get your answer.

Test Dreams Benefits

Test and exam dream as a symbol should be used to benefit you once you decode the dream. Despite how scary or anxious the dream made you feel there is a meaning in it that you are overlooking in your life. Your unconscious mind is hinting for you to pay attention and if you don’t the dream will keep recurring until the problem is solved.

Once the issue is solved the dream theme might change, it will appear as if you don’t need to complete it or handing the paper to your teacher in confidence. Keeping a daily journal on your stresses and dreams in life can help you better understand your emotions that you hide.