Can't stop Dreaming at night
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Yes, I've been retired for over 5 years and most of my dreams still involve:
Being at a business conference with colleagues from the past
Visiting accounts to represent the company (even though in my dreams I realize I'm doing it pro-bono and tell them I'm not getting paid)
Being in the office with former colleagues
I just dreamt last night that I was meeting with the CEO of my former company.
It has been suggested that because I was "retired early" by my company due to Covid I never had the closure I needed. In any case, I've not found a way to stop dreaming about work and most of the dreams involved some sort of adversity. If you find a way to stop it, please let ME know!
Being at a business conference with colleagues from the past
Visiting accounts to represent the company (even though in my dreams I realize I'm doing it pro-bono and tell them I'm not getting paid)
Being in the office with former colleagues
I just dreamt last night that I was meeting with the CEO of my former company.
It has been suggested that because I was "retired early" by my company due to Covid I never had the closure I needed. In any case, I've not found a way to stop dreaming about work and most of the dreams involved some sort of adversity. If you find a way to stop it, please let ME know!
Nathan
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- High Desert- Calif.
I've been retired for 13 years, virtually every time I dream it's related to my working experiences. No way to consciously control dreaming. Maybe as time passes and other things become important in your life, the work dreams may subside.
I remember my dream every time I wake up and if it was a bad one it changes my mood in the morning.
yes, all the time. I dream a lot but my work dreams are about me being a new employee in an office setting which is what i did. I never can find work to do, everyone else is super busy and totally ignore me. I have told no one that I'm old, no one guesses I'm in my 70s and still working! I actually retired when i waa 66 and now I'm really 84.
Grampa Don
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- Orange county, Calif.
After 20 years I still dream about work. It's never exactly the same but similar and I often see people I used to work with. The weird thing is that I remember that I'm 86, but don't remember that I retired.
I used to sometimes dream I was still in the Navy, but that hasn't occurred for a long time now.
I used to sometimes dream I was still in the Navy, but that hasn't occurred for a long time now.
MaidMarian
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- Baltimore, Maryland USA
I dream sbout all of the people I fraternized with at the senior center before Covid hit. Quite a few of them are no longer with us
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Like Seadoug said, I think I never felt closure because of the situation and I dream of them all night long, over and over again.
Covid has really affected me psychologically in many ways.
.Like Seadoug said, I think I never felt closure because of the situation and I dream of them all night long, over and over again.
Covid has really affected me psychologically in many ways.
jujube
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Even though I retired 15 years ago and dove into retirement head first and with great glee, I will admit that I have the occasional bad dream about being at work. Not often, but often enough to be unpleasant. It's always a dream about getting blamed or being in trouble for something that I had no control over or having a job dropped on me that is insurmountable.
The Spousal Equivalent says he hears me occasionally muttering "It's just a dream....it's just a dream" in my sleep and he knows I'm dreaming about work.
The Spousal Equivalent says he hears me occasionally muttering "It's just a dream....it's just a dream" in my sleep and he knows I'm dreaming about work.
LoveTulips
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- British Columbia, Canada
Yup, when I dream of work often, it's usually about being afraid of my bosses, colleagues, being berated or ostracized, which actually happened in my work life. I had good work years and bad work years. The day I retired was one of the happiest days of my life. There's nothing I can do about it. It's a dream or a nightmare, what can you do? Wake up!
OneEyedDiva
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- New Jersey
I've been retired for 27 years. At this point, I very rarely dream about my former co-workers, many of whom became like family. A few months ago, I dreamt about our head nurse, who I loved. She always looked out for me when I wasn't feeling well. We had lost touch and she passed away a few years ago.
old medic
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- Western NC
Yes memories from work invade my dreams at times....
Most people would consider them nightmares,,,,
Most people would consider them nightmares,,,,
There is a thing sometimes called "Lucid Dreaming" where folks can learn to interact with
our dream(world), at least in some small way.
It's talked about by folks in some spiritual/pagan kinda' way but also by the scientific/analytical way
as well.
Both say that you can conceivably make peace with disturbing and reoccurring dream scenarios.
You might want to check it out... might help, can't hurt.
our dream(world), at least in some small way.
It's talked about by folks in some spiritual/pagan kinda' way but also by the scientific/analytical way
as well.
Both say that you can conceivably make peace with disturbing and reoccurring dream scenarios.
You might want to check it out... might help, can't hurt.
I dream about working a lot, especially when I worked for one place for the longest and I find I can never get anything done in my dream and the boss is upset with me. That never happened in real life. I also dream about working at a hospital when younger and it is a mixed up one which never happened.
I remember when I wake up and think, wow, what a dream.
I remember when I wake up and think, wow, what a dream.
My work dreams are mostly based on a job I worked from 1980 to 1993, I always find that odd. I spent twenty five years at the next job, eventually even became part owner, but almost never dream of that business. What's even odder is sometimes when I dream of that earlier job it will be sprinkled with people or equipment from the later job. Weird.
Personally I love the way your brain puts your life in a blender and creates dreams, I would hate to have dreamless sleep.
Personally I love the way your brain puts your life in a blender and creates dreams, I would hate to have dreamless sleep.
CarolfromTX
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- Central Texas
Every now and then I have a dream that Iām back in the classroom. I keep asking myself how I got there and why? very happy to wake up and be retired. I donāt think thereās any way to stop those dreams. Your subconscious just has to work it out.
I have been retired for 13 years. I have had a lot of dreams about work usually involving some sort of frustration. I am happy to say this seems to be working itself out and the recent dreams about work are much more pleasant and surprisingly some of the issues are being worked out in them.