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Dreaming of Failing Exams and the Fear of Floating on Water

This dream was originally written in Simplified Chinese.

Translations are AI-generated and may not capture every nuance.

In the dream I kept doing exam papers, and they handed me back many papers I had already finished, but with low scores—Chinese, biology, English exams and the like. Then I dreamed my husband and I fell into the water, with me at the bottom. We fell into a pool, and the duckweed in the pool held me up. But I was so afraid there were snakes under the duckweed. After getting up, the clothes on my bottom were wet, and I went into a clothing store. The clerk said the cheapest pants were 8 bucks, and together with a top, she asked me for 100. I said I'd just give her 8. Then she said to give her 20. I refused, took off the pants, and gave them back to her. My original clothes had somewhat dried because I dawdled for so long. And there were so many people. Now my head is spinning.

Symbols woven through this dream

Dream Imagery

  1. Water

    Places

    梦者和丈夫一起掉进了一个水池里,梦者被水池中的浮萍托住,但她害怕浮萍下面有蛇。

  2. Clothing Store

    Places

    从水池上来后,梦者进入了一家服装店,与店员就裤子和上衣的价格产生了争执,最终选择退还了裤子。

  3. Snake

    Creatures

    梦者在水池中被浮萍托住时,感到害怕,担心浮萍下面藏有蛇。

  4. Test paper

    Objects

    梦者在梦中反复地做着试卷,并且收到了很多自己已经做完但分数不高的语文、生物、英语试题。

  5. husband

    People

    梦中,丈夫和“我”一同掉入水中,最终被浮萍托住。

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衣服店,全是很宽的牛仔裤

衣服店,全是很宽的牛仔裤

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