Symbolic Dream Interpretation Library

Failing to achieve

I was a professor for 35 years, now retired. I won multiple awards for teaching and research. I dream almost nightly of failing at both.

Experiencing failure in dreams reveals your insecurity about your capability to succeed. Despite your skills and experience, deep down you still do not feel good enough. Perhaps you feel like a fraud. In the context of your vision, dreaming of failing at your job when you already experienced success in reality is an indication of dissatisfaction. There is something you strive to accomplish and you are either having difficulties or have failed already. There is one last thing you want to attain that would finally give you the feeling of fulfillment, and right now there are obstacles in the way which you must strive to overcome.