We spend almost half of our waking lives at work, so much time that it adds up to about 90-thousand hours during our lifetime. So, it’s really not surprising that our jobs have a starring role in our dreams, in fact, new research shows that 64% of Americans admit to having work-related nightmares. And a new report uncovers the most common ones.
- The team at JobLeads, an online job search platform, analyzed global search data to find out how often people searched for the meaning of job-related dreams.
- So, what career-related things are haunting our dreams the most? Dreaming about being late for work comes in first, with more than 86-hundred (8,640) online searches for the topic a year.
- Losing a job or getting fired is number two, with 7,020 yearly searches.
- JobLeads even brought in celebrity psychic and dream expert Inbaal Honigman to break down what these work dreams mean.
- She says being late for work is a classic stress dream that “reflects feelings of pressure and being overwhelmed by work demands.”
- As for the nightmare about getting fired, the expert explains this dream “symbolizes job insecurity and worries about financial stability.”
The Most Common Work-Related Dreams
- Being late for work
- Getting fired or losing your job
- Landing a new job
- Having a romantic dream about a coworker
- Seeing an old boss
- Quitting your job
- Getting a promotion
- Showing up to work naked
- (TIE) Seeing someone you work with & Getting in trouble
- Not wearing pants to work
Source: NY Post
Scott's Thoughts:
- Who are these lucky people who don’t have nightmares about work and how do they do it?
- I dream about work but often it is an old job from more than 10 years ago. Sometimes interacting with people from nearly 30 years ago!
- I don't dream about work issues and deadlines as much as staying awake because of them. When that happens, I get up and work. Helps me somehow.