Saved by Emily Silverman, MD
COVID Dreams
In Lauren Oyler’s essay about anxiety last week, she referenced a late 19th century diagnosis known as Americanitis , which described “the high-strung, nervous, active temperament of the American people.” Whether incited by advances in technology (causing loss of sleep, excessive worry) or capitalism (causing long work days, fast pace of life), the... See more
Haley Nahman • #172: Trick questions
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 night I went home and dreamed. I stood in an unassuming living room, except that an entire wall was perfect glass looking out onto a cold, otherworldly, rocky terrain with no life as far as the eye could see. Suddenly, through the glass I saw my grandmother. She was blue in the face, agitated, obviously unable to breathe, hypoxic, and gesturing... See more
Kristin Posehn • Psychic Shit Happens All The Time
One 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.
Melinda Wenner Moyer • Your Body Knows You’re Burned Out
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.