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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Donna Ferguson

EXPLAINED: Covid lockdown dreams reflected our claustrophobia and lack of control | Rare Historical Photos

Researchers analysed hundreds of dreams and nightmares submitted online.
Researchers analysed hundreds of dreams and nightmares submitted online. Photograph: Anna Derzhina/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Trapped inside a house, stuck inside a vehicle that wouldn’t move, unable to complete seemingly simple tasks: this was the stuff that dreams were made on during lockdown, according to new research from University College London.

Analysis of more than 850 dreams and nightmares submitted online to the Lockdown Dreams Project between March 2020 and March 2021 shows people often dreamed about having frustrating and restrictive experiences in mundane, everyday settings, like the home, at the height of the pandemic.

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