So you've been having weird dreams during lockdown, too?
Since the coronavirus lockdown started, many have been having vivid dreams - but is there any point in analysing them?
Since the worldwide coronavirus lockdown started, many of us have been having vivid dreams. Google searches for "weird dreams" have doubled since this time last year, and there is a spate of articles on the topic, that seem to be asking: "You too, huh?"
I asked the psychotherapist Philippa Perry to explain this phenomenon. "Normally our dreams are processing ancient memories, or things that have just happened," she says. "We have so much more to process right now in terms of experience and feelings." Most people who claim they usually don't dream do - they just can't remember them. So pandemic dreaming could be as simple as people remembering dreams more often, due to being in a new situation.
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