Doctors reassure: "bad dreams" are not a symptom of Covid-19, but a sign.
They dream of the roar of the cosmodrome and the icy silence, and not the grass near the house, green grass
Night passions-muzzles prevail over humanity. Complaints about disgusting dreams come from all over the world. There are more and more of them. Both complaints and dreams. The epidemic is just as massive as Covid-19.
Not long ago, worried complainants only filled social networks with their fears. Now they are attracted to special sites to share their nightmares there. And people willingly share. To the delight of medical somnologists - employees of the "Kingdom of Morpheus", for whom the current pandemic has opened an endless field for research. Indeed, in "peacetime" no one dreamed of so many nightmares - a medical fact. And Covid-19 struck, and it began. Why?
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“Pandemic and bad dreams are, of course, linked,” says Dr. Rosie Gibson from New Zealand, representing Massey University Sleep / Wake Research Center.
The researcher has grasped the essence of the phenomenon, - assures the ScienceAlert portal, which briefly reported on her work. Having penetrated, Rosie reassures: the essence, thank God, is not in an infection that affects the brain. Nightmares are the result of quarantine and self-isolation. The reason is the emotional overload from the abundance of alarming messages about the pandemic and the kaleidoscope of expert opinions. All of this abounds in both the official media and social networks, burdened by the varied and usually contradictory comments of countless gibberish. Plus your own fears and obsessive thoughts.
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A powerful flow of information "presses" on the brain. As a result, he begins to "panic". Not necessarily explicitly - more often at the subconscious level. Nightmares are the answer to this mental panic.
But you yourself - in real life - should not panic. As well as being afraid of nightmares. Or treat them suspiciously. Because "bad dreams" put a feverishly working brain in order, calm it down, splashing out negative emotions in a dream, so that they do not press on in reality. This, for example, is evidenced by the results of a study recently conducted by Serena Scarpelli of the Sapienza University of Rome and published in an article entitled The Functional Role of Dreaming in Emotional Processes.
Nightmares, Sirena discovered, do help us adapt to real life - emotionally.
Don't like this "service"? Are you tired of it? There is an easy way to partly abandon it. After all, it will not be possible to completely get rid of "bad dreams" - the brain from time to time simply has to nightmare itself, regardless of the owner's will.
- Disconnect from all information resources, at least a couple of hours before bedtime, Rosie and Sirena advise, so as not to see or hear anything about this fucking Covid-19. Meditate, pray, do yoga eventually. It should help if we know at least something about dreams.
Psychologists have already figured out the secret meaning of half of the nightmares
Professor Patricia Garfield - Ph. D., clinical psychologist, vice president of The Association for the Study of Dreams, with more than half a century of research experience, has repeatedly stated: all adventures in the Kingdom of Morpheus Revolve around just 12 main stories.
Recent experiments carried out by scientists from Cardiff University have confirmed the professor's conclusions: the brain of a sleeping person does not really bother writing scenarios of "bad dreams" - it nightmares itself very monotonously. Dreams of more than 300 volunteers testified to this. Volunteers wrote down what they could remember. Somnologists analyzed plots, correlated them with real life. And as a result, they found out: more often than others, nightmares visit people who depend on something or on someone, in something incompetent, misunderstood, whose experiences are hidden and suppressed, but exacerbated.
More interestingly, research leader Dr. Netta Weinstein and her team have explained the nature of 6 obsessive dreams - half of the repetitive set discovered by Professor Garfield.
1. Fall
You are falling off a cliff. Or fly down without a parachute. Alternatively: a huge wave can cover. Or carried away by the current into the open sea.
2. Failure
As a rule, school dreams - as if you, an adult, are again for some reason in it. Right among the kids. You are trying to do the test. But it doesn't work. Some of them take college exams. Others go on stage to sing. And there is no voice …
3. Pursuit
You are being chased - by monsters, aliens, "blue", wild animals. In a word, some villains. They try to catch, eat, kill, commit sexual violence. And they are about to catch up, because you can't run fast. Feet like cotton.
4. Wounds
Someone is shooting at you. And it hurts. You want to shoot back, but the weapon does not work. Or lack the strength to pull the trigger. The light fades. You feel that you are dying, you are crying. And then you die altogether. Because you were shot.
In another version of this plot, teeth fall out. Your teeth.
Explanation: These four nightmares - one at a time or in combination - visit people who are disappointed with something in their daily lives, who feel like they are under constant pressure. As a rule, they have not prepared for something, have not completed something, are tired of something. In situations related to self-isolation or quarantine, all this is enough in abundance.
The plot with wild animals that chase the fleeing one is no exception. This is also seen often - mainly the owners of certain talents, which cannot be realized - for example, restrictions imposed by the authorities interfere.
5. Trapped
Dreams that you are covered with earth. Or they ended up in the hospital. Or in jail. It is impossible to get out, although it seems that he is the way out. Go. And the body does not obey. Or even paralyzed.
Plot variation: you are lost. And where you yourself will not understand. In some unfamiliar place. Or in a large room with many rooms.
Explanation: people who are in a difficult situation in real life fall into the trap - they cannot get out of something. In a psychological sense. Or even direct: you have to go somewhere, but you can't extend your digital pass.
6. Resentment
You are worried - sometimes to tears - the loss of something very valuable to you: from a passport, student books and air tickets to your husband, wife or children.
Often in dreams, people leave their car somewhere - in a yard. And then they search all night and cannot find her.
Explanation: Sad, anxious and even evil dreams visit people who, in real life, are not very calm and joyful. And what kind of calmness is there now? A nightmare, and nothing more. Both night and day.
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7. Emergency situation
You are rushing somewhere on something. For example, in a car with a serious malfunction. You cannot fix it. And you can't stop. You press, say, the brake, but it doesn't work.
8. Shame and disgrace
She dreams that you appear naked in public. Or partially undressed - in a shirt, for example, but no panties. Or you walk barefoot through the city. Or just socks.
9. Being late
You get to the station, but there is no train on the platform - you have already left. Or the plane took off. Or they were late for an important event. Or even to work.
10. Loss of communication
In dreams, they often talk with deceased relatives. In person or by phone. The sleeper clearly hears the voice of the deceased, understands what he is talking about. But … Either the connection is suddenly cut off, then, waking up, it is not possible to remember a word.
11. Cataclysms
The plane crashes before "your eyes". Or another terrible catastrophe happens. Up to earthquake or volcanic eruption.
In another version, people see mutilated bodies or body parts around them.
12. Dead
People meet dead relatives. As a rule, very close ones - fathers, mothers, children. They talk with rare exceptions, usually they just see them. How alive. Often in a dream they are surprised at this - "after all, they died." When people wake up, they remember the meeting.
Psychologists continue to research, looking for interpretation of the remaining "nightmarish" plots. In the meantime, they emphasize: recurring dreams are associated with the past and do not portend anything in the future. It is pointless to use them in any way for forecasting. There is no scientific basis for this. It seems to be.
VLADIMIR LAGOVSKY