Coronavirus Brain
Why some people are having strange dreams
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1 min readApr 10, 2020
There’s a reason pandemic dreaming is so intense. Stressed-out brains are encountering a mix of sleep changes, uncertainty, and survival, and it’s leading to vivid dreaming. “A lot of people aren’t springing out of bed, taking a shower, running out the door,” says one expert. “That inevitably increases dream recall and the ability to remember those intense dreams.”