The stress caused by the coronavirus and being holed up at home is likely to blame for disrupted sleep — and strange pandemic-themed dreams, one professor of neuroscience says. hereandnow
Many people are starting to sleep in a little bit later because they aren’t commuting to work or getting the kids ready to go to school, he says. The later into the morning people sleep, the more rapid eye movement [REM] sleep — the stage of sleep where dreams occur — they experience.
But in order to have dreams, you need to stay asleep largely throughout the night, he says. Heightened levels of anxiety during the day can disturb sleep, which British writer Charlotte Brontë described when she wrote that “a ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” Walker, who has struggled with insomnia in the past, says he sticks to a set of rules to help him get better sleep. The No.1 rule is regularity: Go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day.- Avoid alcohol before bedtimeMany people like to enjoy a nightcap before bed, but Walker says alcohol actually disrupts sleep, so try to avoid drinking right before bed.
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