carries shrapnel near his heart that is inoperable

Your cousin is Iron Man? Cool!

Very common dream. Cousin who is a wounded army vet says that even though he was shot in Vietnam (and carries shrapnel near his heart that is inoperable) the nightmares of war stopped long ago, but he still has very scary dreams about not being prepared for class.

Don't read too much into dreams, but if you are feeling this stress you need to step back and remind yourself it isn't your process, its your DC's process. Time to let go.

I had a dream last night that I had a final in AP chemistry and had not gone to class all year. I did not know the table of elements and wasn't even sure what the teacher looked like. I thought, "I will never get into [DC's dream school] with an F in chemistry! Maybe I can get a therapist to say I was depressed!" I think I am spending too much time on this forum . . . .