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True Dough

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8. Could you still smell the exhaust, LMSP?
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:42 AM
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My recurring dream of the past (probably over a 5 to 10 year stretch) was witnessing a passenger jet falling from the sky. It wasn't from the same vantage point every time or the same jet every time, but it was a plane going down. Very troubling. I had that one occur once or twice a year during that period.

More recently, and rather odd considering that I've been removed from academics for decades, I have had a recurring dream that I'm in college with a full course load. Then it dawns on me that I have completely neglected one of those classes. I missed exams and deadlines to submit essays. I feel kind of panicked and wonder if there's any chance of salvaging a passing grade.

That dream has plagued me once or twice a year over the past several years.

Hard to explain.

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Who directs my dreams? [View all] True Dough Tuesday OP
The conclusion to my dream is what woke me up. Emile Tuesday #1
Probably good timing, Emile True Dough Tuesday #2
LOL, so true! Emile Tuesday #3
I went through a time where I dreamed about work shit all night EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #4
Probably anxiety dreams Marthe48 Tuesday #6
I have many work-related dreams. True Dough Tuesday #9
No so with my dreams EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #10
Well that was certainly an expensive dream!!! Fla Dem Tuesday #5
I used to have a recurring dream. ... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #7
Could you still smell the exhaust, LMSP? True Dough Tuesday #8
It's recurring. Zackzzzz Tuesday #11
This is no place True Dough Tuesday #12
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