Vivid and terrifying ‘pandemic dreams’ are reportedly now beginning to ruin the sleep of potentially millions of Americans as the Coronavirus crisis continues to roll on.
As The Miami Herald reports:
“Last night I dreamed both my daughters again were children & locked in hotel room in a skyscraper by someone who wished them harm. In terror I snuck them out of there and I set them up in a secret tent in a little green park near the sea,” Dr. Elizabeth Sawin said in a March 11 Tweet.
“I had a dream that I went grocery shopping, and the only thing I could find was a stick of butter. When I got out of the store, it fell out of my bag, and a lady stepped on it with a stiletto heel. Analyze that one!” tweeted Lisa Devlin.Health experts say these strange dreams are not surprising. Sleeplessness and changes in sleep patterns are part of how understandably frightened Americans are reacting during the pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people,” the CDC says. “Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children.”
Boy some folks are really self-absorbed. Get over yourselves.
People are divided on whether the stay at home store closing is necessary. In spite of that all are afraid, mostly of the disease. Some thing it is a conspiracy. Don’t know. I have talked to many being my job shuffles folks around Many have suffered insomnia. When the sun and nice temperatures came a lot of folks came out for walks biking and so forth. The gloomy serious faces of the last few weeks tuned to smiles. A few complained with everything closed there is nothing to do. I and friends miss our karaoke. Home bodies don’t seem to have much trouble with staying in.
COMPLETELY agree with you MD. The chance of any particular individual coming down with the beer flu are at most moderate and the chance of dying are much smaller. The chance of politicians using this to strip Americans of their constitutional rights is virtually 100%.
A lot of our nightmares are more related to our being frightened about the martial law being forced on us “for our health and safety” than about another virus.