I have a recurring dream where I'm late for class, but I can't find the classroom. I run across an unfamiliar campus, try to find a recognizable landmark, rush down the corridors of random buildings, becoming more and more anxious.I was just there yesterday! Why does everything look so strange? I've never seen that coffee kiosk before -- maybe I took a wrong turn, and I'm in the Science Building? Maybe if I go through this door -- no, it's an art studio....
The clock is ticking. Class should have started by now. I'm late!
Sometimes I rushed out of the house without getting dressed, so I'm running across the campus naked.
Or I have to push my way through absurdly crowded hallways as the clock ticks and I start to panic.
Or it's the near end of the semester. Suddenly I realize that I've forgotten to go to the class for the last month! I run out of my office and down the hallway, but I can't find my way...
Whatever these "late for class" dreams may signify, they're annoying. Afterwards I have a vague sense of anxiety that lasts through the day.
When I told my friend Gabe about the dreams, he suggested "lucid dreaming," a technique that allows you to orchestrate what goes on in your dreams by rehearsing them in advance.
Before going to sleep, you visualize the dream as you recall it, but make whatever changes you want. Imagine that the hallways are familiar, for instance, or that you're going somewhere pleasant.
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