Name: 4 ways the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we sleep
Uploaded: 2021-12-22T15:37:52Z
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: Have you been having weird dreams lately? For many people, that's just one of the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has altered their sleeping habits, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. From when to how much to how well we're sleeping, this pandemic may have shaken up bedtime for good.

Have you been having weird dreams lately? For many people, that's just one of the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has altered their sleeping habits, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. From when to how much to how well we're sleeping, this pandemic may have shaken up bedtime for good.

Matt Walker: 4 ways the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we sleep

4 ways the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we sleep

Sleeping more but feeling worse? A paradox of the pandemic is that while sleep duration increased, sleep quality plummeted for many.

The pandemic ushered in 'Revenge of the Night Owls,' as freed from commutes, people embraced later bedtimes with mixed emotional impacts.

Vivid COVID-related dreams surged as the pandemic amplified our sleep stages, intertwining our rest with the processing of emotional trauma.