I had a dream that, for some vague reason, I was visiting my elementary/middle school. It was a school for the hearing impaired and when I was there it served students from preschool to 12th grade. Now it is just up to the elementary, maybe middle school level. I left after completing 8th grade.

So in the dream I was visiting, but did not know why, did not have a real purpose, and felt weird going back as an alumni especially since all the students I have ever known from that school have left years ago. So there was no point in visiting. Yet, I was there in my dream, and as I walked into the building, I come to find it is empty. The furniture and all school related materials were there, but nobody was present inside the building. I walked around and just remembered attending there and how the layout really didn't change except for one small addition to the building that does not exist in real life. There was a massive auditorium, could have been enough room for about 2,000 people. That does not exist in real life but in the dream I was wondering when that was built and why. And I realized that in the darkness, it was about half full of people just sitting there. And in almost complete darkness. Only the lights from the hallways and a very few dim lights in the auditorium illuminated the auditorium. That was the most eerie part of the dream, combined with the fact that there was an auditorium that would be impossible to fit inside the building in real life due to it being such a small school. There may have been some chattering. I left since I thought some function was going on and did not want to interrupt.

After that I decided it was time to leave since no one I knew was there so I technically had no business being there. In real life, I did not like the school, most of the bullying happened there. Yes some drama happened in high school, mostly rumors and backstabbing. And even in college. But at my elementary/middle school, I was physically bullied along with rumors and crappy stuff like that so I definitely do not miss it one bit. Much rather repeat high school than go back there as weird as that sounds. Not sure why I had the dream. Not sure if it was a longing for the past despite hating it or something else.

[Thunder Bow]

In this dream you were not longing for the past, but you were leaving the past behind. You were leaving the feelings of being bullied behind. You feel you do not belong there any more.

Originally Posted by Thunder Bow

In this dream you were not longing for the past, but you were leaving the past behind. You were leaving the feelings of being bullied behind. You feel you do not belong there any more.

Oh okay. Make a lot of sense now that I think of it. Yeah even when I was a student there I felt like I did not belong. I felt like I belonged in high school and college, but not at my elementary/middle school. Thank you, makes perfect sense now.