
Saved by Emily Silverman, MD
COVID Dreams
Saved by Emily Silverman, MD
Random dreams: 1) in some surreal Japanese sculpture park; weird floral beauty; peninsula like; ocean waves get more and more violent until there’s a massive swell; 3 kids there, and 2 seem to get knocked out (killed?) from the water; might relate to reading DFW’s Shipping Out before bed, which describes the dread of the ocean. 2) weird evil forces
... See moreOne common burnout symptom is insomnia, Dr. Dyrbye said. When researchers in Italy surveyed frontline health care workers with burnout during the first peak of the pandemic, they found that 55 percent reported having difficulty falling asleep, while nearly 40 percent had nightmares.
They dream of being chased by sharks or monsters, but where typically a nonbipolar child wakes up just before the teeth pierce an arm or a leg, a bipolar child doesn’t—the jaws surround the arm or leg, the massive teeth crunch into the skin, and bone and blood fill the water. Their dreams are often filled with blood and gore.