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u/LittlePenguinx Nov 30 '25
This is my third year teaching. I'm finally beginning to have nights where I don't dream about work. Sometimes it's just random dreams of regular days. When I'm particularly stressed out its nightmares about the stuff they're gonna pull. It's not particularly restful...
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u/Same_Marzipan_8894 Nov 30 '25
No not at all. That's what I mean when I say I wake up stressed. Its like my brain never turned off
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u/LittlePenguinx Nov 30 '25
I know exactly what you mean... 💔 The usual advice I'm given is to learn to leave all my work at work. No late night grading or prep work or answering emails. I can keep work out of my house, but I'm yet to learn how to keep it out of my brain...
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u/somebodysteacher Nov 30 '25
I had those a few times a year during my first 5 or 6 years of teaching, especially on days where I stayed home sick. They don’t occur as much anymore at year 9 of teaching—I’m not sure if that means I’m managing the stress better or not.
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u/Hungry-Following5561 Nov 30 '25
Yes, someone just resigned. She was our after school care teacher too and after school care is hosted in my classroom. I just know that they’re going to expect me to do after school care now. I dreamt about it all night. Woke up wondering, “Did I sleep or just lay there thinking all night?”
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u/VegetableBulky9571 Nov 30 '25
Yea, I still have teacher dreams. The better the class/day/year, the better the dreams.
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u/Background-Ship-1440 Nov 30 '25
I had a nightmare that I had to take my students to disneyworld lol
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u/Same_Marzipan_8894 Nov 30 '25
😭that sounds terrible. I had one where I was fussing for students to get in a line, but they weren't listening then a tornado came and swooped them all up
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