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A company called Prophetic promises the "world's first wearable device for stabilizing lucid dreams." 

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As the coronavirus pandemic started spreading across the globe so did reports of people having strange, disturbing and vivid dreams.

never the same thing. It's always different. As the Corona virus started spreading across the globe, so did reports of people having strange, disturbing and vivid dreams. I put Blair are experiencing this, that it doesn't mean that, you know, necessarily, they're not handling it well. Experts say not to worry. Anxiety can be a trigger kind of a way of, uh, our rain, trying to clean out the files in a way and storing things, Cleveland clinic psychologist Michelle Drayer up says. Dreams don't always make sense, and we still don't know a lot about why we dream. You know, it's hard toe determine because we're Onley able to really, uh, understand what people tell us when they wake up. Dream researcher Deirdre Barrett conducted a recent survey were responded to recall dreams with images of tsunamis, lethal injection and masses off white worms. Bug attacks have been the most interesting cluster. There were just dozens and dozens of every kind of bug in the world coming after dreamers, Barrett says. The bugs makes sense. Way often refer to being sick is coming down to the bug, and all dreams aren't scary. People dream that they invented cure someone else's invented a cure, reassurance from experts that your dreams good or bad, our normal. Tracie Potts, NBC News

Uneasy sleep: Pandemic dreams

Dreams during pandemic

The stresses of the pandemic might be impacting your sleep, and it's also likely affecting your dreams. From bizarre to euphoric, researchers say people's dreams are all over the map and for good reason.

TODAY WE HAVE A NEW NAME IN THE INTERIM. >> THANK YOU. >>> THE STRESSES OF THE PANDEMIC MAY BE AFFECTING YOUR SLEEP AND LIKELY YOUR DREAMS, FROM BAZAAR TO EUPHORIC. RESEARCHERS SAY PEOPLE'S DREAMS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP AND FOR GOOD REASON. >> Reporter: AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, WILD VIVID DREAMS SEEMED TO BE IN OUR SLEEP. PEOPLE'S COVID FEARS HAD WARPED INTO BIZARRE SCENARIOS IN THEIR DREAMS LIKE FIGHTING OFF GIANT BUG CREATURES OR COMING FACE TO FACE WITH STRANGE BEINGS. >> I JUST SEEN DOZENS AND DOZENS OF EVERY KIND OF BUG IN THE WORLD ATTACKING THE DREAMERS, SWARMS OF FLYING INSECTS, NESTS OF WORMS, AND GRASSHOPPERS WITH VAMPIRE FANGS AND BED BUGS. >> Reporter: NOW THIS PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS OUR DREAMS ARE SHIFTING TO THE SECONDARY EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC. IN HER ONLINE SURVEY, DREAMERS THINK OF FINANCIAL STRESS, GOING BACK TO WORK OR HOME SCHOOLING. >> THE SCHOOL MESSAGED HER AND SAID THEY WERE SENDING THE CHILD'S ENTIRE CLASS TO HER HOME AND SHE HAD TO HOME SCHOOL THE WHOLE CLASS FOR THE REST OF THE PANDEMIC. >> THAT'S A NIGHTMARE. >> YEAH, EVERY PARENT IDENTIFIES WITH IT. >> Reporter: AMERICANS ARE GETTING MORE SLEEP COMPARED TO PREPANDEMIC TIMES. ANOTHER THEME IS WHAT THE TIMES WILL BE LIKE AFTER THE PANDEMIC. SOME ARE APOCALYPTIC AND OTHERS ARE EUPHORIC. SOME INCLUDE WHALES. >> WHALES ARE LEARNING TO FLY, SWOOPING THROUGH THE SKY LIKE GRACEFUL BLIMPS IN THE AIR. >> Reporter: THERE ARE SIMPLE TECHNIQUES TO HELP DECODE YOUR DREAM LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS. OR YOU COULD REPROGRAM YOUR DREAMS BY THINKING OF SOMETHING YOU WANT IN YOUR DREAMS AS YOU DRIFT OFF TO SLEEP. REGARDLESS, PANDEMIC DREAMS ARE A THING, BIZARRE, SURREAL AND A

Coronavirus continues to bring on bizarre dreams

Strange dreams or nightmares is not an uncommon side effect to the pandemic experts say.

as the streets that empty and people stay at home  Going to sleep is one part of the routine that hasn't changed But for some it has because they're having some strange dreams It's something Board certified sleep medicine Dr Gary Levinsohn isn't surprised to hear Dr Levinson says We're on information overload right now between getting essential information about the pandemic and beating boredom by scrolling through social media There's a lot of information to process these thoughts and but when you get into sleep you don't really have control over that And um it'll often manifest with a lot of unusual things are waking up lies unusual dreams People are also anxious And that's why Dr Levinson says it's important to find ways to relax during the day but still trying Get outside It's a natural lives trying to appreciate your surrounding sounds  Birds music plants flowers trees smells right before we go to bed the sleep medicine doctor recommends not watching TV are playing on our phones and try to stick to routine