Dreaming of crying during a test - dream meaning with inherited lore
It may show pressure you’ve been holding in finally releasing all at once, or the loneliness you felt while being evaluated.
With the test paper in front of you, tears suddenly start to fall. You try to stop crying and write your answers again, but your vision blurs and the words are hard to see.
Korean lore: Traditionally, crying in a dream has sometimes been interpreted as pent-up emotions being released or the weight on your heart becoming lighter. When it appears with an exam, it may also be seen as showing that the pressure of being evaluated has been heavy. (In folk dream interpretations, crying dreams are sometimes read less as sadness itself and more as the release and transformation of emotion.)
Through the mind: Even while pretending you’re fine and holding on, you may have been carrying a lot of pressure on your own. The exam may have appeared as a stage that gathers all of that burden into one scene.
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