Why do I have recurring dreams, years after I left university, of being about to sit an exam but knowing nothing of the subject matter? I’m not alone, lots of people I speak to have the same.
• This question sent me back to the 1930s and Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams. In this book he provided a brief section about examination dreams, a kind most students have experienced. His interpretation, as I understand it, was that they derive from childhood punishments, although whether in resentment or guilt was not clear.
This is rather over the top, I feel. It…
