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I don't do that anymore but still occasionally check my phones multiple times on bed just to check if the alarm is set correctly. Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night and instinctively check my phone to see if I've missed my alarm.
Similar nightmares used to haunt me, but they were about school. Instead of showing up without pants, I showed up without knowing the subject at all.. I'd sit there intently trying to make sense of what we were doing.. I could barely identify "oh, this is math, fuck.. I've not done my homework.. the past 4 grades.." and of course it ends with me getting asked some question and waking up in a cold sweat in the middle…
This is so interesting I had the same feeling and now as an adult it seems so strange, school was supposed to be about learning not testing what you already knew so why was I worried about it? Strange
I always had nightmares when attending college that I am given an exam for which I a completely not prepared for.
Well, one day I get to class, the professor goes "clear up your desks".......my heart sinks as I mostly was an 'A' student and really cared about my grades. I take the test, I don't remember any of this stuff as I missed some days due to illness. I completely flop the test. When giving it back to my professor, I straight up told him....hey so this is pretty embarrassing, I completely forgot we are taking this test, I was completely unprepared. I told him it felt like nightmares I had, and felt surreal. He had a pretty good laugh and told me, that if it affects my final grade in a significant way he will allow me to take another test.
I did get an A in the course and that test was irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
I graduated in computer engineering from a prestigious European institution, summa cum laude in both my bachelor and master, but boy it took a huge toll on me. Nothing I have done in my professional life ever came close to the level of stress I used to experience in college.
It must vary from person to person, because I know a few acquaintances who were in my classes who say it was a period in their life they cherish and wish they could relive. Yikes, I’ll happily stay here with my 6-figure job moving protobufs.
Wow, I haven’t been in school for almost 15 years, but a nightmare that I still routinely have a few times a year involves me being back in my college days and being asked to repeat all my exams (total of 60+). It’s horrible, because in the dream I am aware of how “comfy” my life is today so going back makes it even more painful. Every time I wake up in a sweat. I graduated in computer engineering from a prestigious…
I hated the tests, and still occasionally have nightmares of coming to class and being punted with a midterm I had forgotten all about.