Missed exam in Dana's dream

From “Missed Exam” in Common Dream, Dana has a recurring dream that she missed all examination tests when she was a student, and the important one was math which was quite difficult subject for her. Moreover, her missing class was located in a mall where she did not like.

The Dream Doctor interprets her dream that she is worried about something that should be finished in her current life. Her feeling during the dream, worried, is like her feeling before taking the examination in the past.

I quite agree with the Dream Doctor that she must have something in her mind which interrupts her feeling and make her to be nervous, and then lead her to have a poor dream. But I think that the Dream Doctor don’t focus on the mall in her dream that she hated. He did not ask her why she did not like that mall. In my opinion, a mall should be somewhere that unimpressed situation took place in the past. I suggest that a mall may be her workplace in the current life that her problem may be occurs, so the Dream Doctor should ask her more questions about her work that she is doing now. He should ask that “How long does she work?” I think that she may work in the current workplace for a long time because she told that this dream is recurring. That means this problem has also interrupted her feeling for a long time. Moreover, the Dream Doctor should ask her that what her job is about. If her work is related to the numbers or the figures such as an accountant, a financial staff or an auditor, it’s highly possible factor that cause her to dream about trouble in math examination.
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References
Dana & McPhee, C. (2009). Common Dreams. Ask the Dream Doctor.
Retrieved August 5, 2009
from http://www.dreamdoctor.com/common/backatschool1.shtml