Dreams have long mystified us , and their meanings can seem nearly impossible to decipher . So when we spoke with dream experts from the American Psychoanalytic Association to celebrate the 116th anniversary of Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams , we had one question: What do our most common dreams really mean?

If you look at some of our most common dreams , they're fairly similar: falling, being chased, showing up late to work. While these actions could have positive spins, we often dream them in a nightmarish or negative manner. And according to the experts, it's likely that all these scary dreams mean the same thing: You're feeling anxious.