Dreams are very different individually.
But during the corona pandemic, many people experience the same thing at night, as Finnish researchers found out.
Free fall, being chased or missing your final exam: there are dreams that probably startle everyone.
Scientists from the University of Helsinki in Finland conducted a study on
how the corona pandemic * affects our dreams
.
The research team led by psychologist Anu-Katriina Pesonen incorporated the reports of 811 volunteers into their analysis.
The subjects frequently reported pandemic-specific dreams that
were often perceived as nightmares.
Some dream topics were common among all study participants.
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“Dreaming is usually a very private thing.
But when the environment changes so drastically, many people seem to have similar associations with it in their dreams, ”the editorial network Germany (RND) quotes the lead study author Anu-Katriina Pesonen.
Many participants in the study had dreams about
closed borders, overcrowded places and death
.
However, other pandemic-specific topics also occurred frequently, such as handshakes or hugs, which were perceived as "wrong" during the corona pandemic.
After evaluating the dream reports, the researchers concluded that one third of the dream topic groups had nightmares directly related to a pandemic.
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The fact that people dream more often about corona measures and pandemic-specific things during the pandemic is in line with the findings from sleep research.
Accordingly, we process the experiences of the day at night - and Covid-19 as a topic is currently omnipresent.
However, according to sleep researcher Michael Schredl, the results of the Finnish study should be assessed with caution: "
There are definitely people who have Covid dreams, but how many there are cannot be said based on this study,
" said the sleep researcher at Central Institute for Mental Health in Mannheim.
The reason for this is that the study participants responded to a newspaper advertisement: "People who also have problems probably got in touch," said Schredl in an interview with the RND.
(jg)
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