Reoccurring dream about high school?

Question

For years I have been having dreams re high school, or sometimes re a job, that I hate and yet am forced to stay and feel trapped in the situation. In my real life this has actually happened to me several times; I was homeschooled and very, very sheltered growing up, and at age 14 my grandmother paid for me to go to a very upper-class all-girls high school, which proved to be an absolute disaster. I only went for a week and was terrified of the change in routine and the amounts of schoolwork, not to mention the pressure to get to know my classmates. I had anxiety and panicky feelings for literally yrs after I dropped out, and then more anxiety-provoking situations when I first went out into the working world at age 18. I am now 29 and have had a couple of jobs where I was quite valued, although have not been to college. And at the periods where I was "in-between" jobs I went through some very anxious times where I'd be hired somewhere and then quit after a couple of weeks, simply because I felt it wasn't for me and I was terrified of having to stay. I work at a vet clinic now and I LOVE my job there, have some opportunity to move up, and have been told by "higher-ups" that I am highly valued as an employee. I also have a fair amount of confidence as a leader in my job. And outside of work my life has taken a very positive turn, as I am engaged and we recently bought a home. We plan to get married next summer, and then start a family. So why, with everything going so well, do I have these nightmares about being so trapped and terrified in a school/work situation fromo which I cannot escape? I have tried several counselors over the yrs, and every one of them has pretty much told me that I am a healthy, normal, intelligent person, and I should just be "happy". Well I AM happy, but apparently not in my dream-life!

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The mind is a very complicated and complex thing.  Try not tie your reoccuring dream to your current level of happiness in your real life.  You have be going through some major changes in your life and it's okay to have a certain level of anxiety about them..which seems to be popping up in your dreams, but to a much greater level.  I had a dream where I was back in college and I was afraid i wasn't going to graduate prior to taking a difficult exam...in my real life i was taking on a new position that management thought i would be great for, and so did i...but at one level i did have a little anxiety regarding if i was truely ready.  I'm doing well in the position!  You'll be fine....its just a dream!    

Answer 2

dreams are the area that your spirit can speak and receive, because

during the day the mind is so busy.

God speaks in dreams.  There could be something unresolved in

your past.  Have you forgiven those who sheltered you?

Forgiveness is for you.  It doesn't make what they did okay, but it

releases you to move forward.  Ask God to help you.  He will.

God bless.

Answer 3

I would guess that it is uncertainty. Or maybe the nightmares are based on your sheltered childhood. You did say "very, very sheltered growing up". Do you feel inadequate because you were home schooled? I do know a lot of home schoolers that I admire very, very much. They tend to think outside the box and are very desired by employers. It sounds like you have a great life and you should just release all of your misconceptions of your childhood and accept the fact that you are doing great! I would almost bet that these nightmares would stop if you would just realize how great you' re doing.