![]() ![]() A different meta-analysis produced similar results and concluded that 23.88% of the population are suffering from PTSD however, another recent meta-analysis stated that about 15% of the general population suffer from PTSD during the pandemic. In a meta-analysis, it was shown that after any pandemic, including COVID-19, there are higher rates of PTSD, as high as 22.6%. Studies have shown that rates of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and even PTSD increased. Consequently, people not only had to fear for their own physical wellbeing but also for that of their loved ones.Īll of this had a huge impact on mental health. Especially for people at a higher risk, like older people or people with preconditions, an infection could be a matter of life or death. The disease itself was also a huge stressor, as people feared being sick. Every seventh person stated feeling lonely most or all of the time. With their work being done from home and many leisure activities being rendered unavailable, many people found themselves with hardly any social contact left. Especially people between the ages of 35 and 49 and women found it difficult to make ends meet. Many people did not have a steady income and had to worry about their financial situation. In the EU, almost half of the population had a reduction in their working hours and over a quarter lost their job or contract permanently or temporarily. Lockdowns and social distancing were introduced, and as a result, many children had to be homeschooled and a lot of work was done via home office, while some were forced to not work at all or their workload and time was reduced. ![]() In response to the rising number of cases, various countries proposed different measures to fight and contain the disease. ![]() From there, this disease quickly spread across the globe and led to the declaration of a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. In the year 2019, a new respiratory disease was discovered in Wuhan, China. Um die noch bestehenden Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf die psychische Gesundheit und auf Träume sowie deren weiteren Verlauf zu verstehen, sind weiterführende Erhebungen notwendig. Mit dem Fortschreiten der Pandemie verändern sich auch weiterhin die psychische Gesundheit, die Traumerinnerung und Trauminhalte, allerdings gibt es dazu bisher nur wenig Datenmaterial. Da Träume einen Mechanismus zur Emotionsregulation darstellen, könnten aber auch der Stress und die psychische Gesundheit selbst die Auslöser für ein vermehrtes Vorkommen von Träumen sowie deren Veränderung sein. Dies kann wiederum auch einen Anstieg der Traumerinnerung verursachen. Andererseits verursachten der durch die Pandemie ausgelöste Stress und die damit einhergehende verringerte psychische Gesundheit auch Schlafprobleme, und die Schlafqualität sank bei vielen. Dieser könnte nicht nur für die erhöhte Traumerinnerung verantwortlich sein, sondern auch für das Auftreten von bizarren und lebhaften Träumen. Manche Personen konnten mehr schlafen und hatten dadurch mehr REM-Schlaf. Dabei gibt es viele verschiedene Faktoren, über die die Pandemie Träume beeinflusst. Ebenso kam es zu einem Anstieg von Albträumen. Krankheiten und Einschließungen kamen vermehrt in Träumen vor und im englischsprachigen Raum wurde sogar von Käfern geträumt. Nicht nur konnten sich Personen an mehr Träume erinnern, auch deren Inhalte änderten sich. Dies wurde auch in den Träumen reflektiert. Further research could help understand the impact the pandemic still has on mental health and dreams, and how this impact is changing over the course of the pandemic.ĭie Pandemie rund um die Coronavirus-Krankheit-2019 (COVID-19) zeigte starke Auswirkungen auf die psychische Gesundheit. Recent studies have shown that as the pandemic progresses, further changes in mental health, dream recall, and dream content arise, but data are still scarce. Dreams are known to regulate mood, so the rise in dreams and the change in dream content could also reflect a reaction to the overall rise in stress and decline in mental health. Poor sleep quality can also lead to an increase in dream recall. On the other hand, stress and poor mental health had an impact on sleep, and sleep quality thus dropped in many individuals. Some people have started to sleep more and hereby spend more time in REM sleep, which is known to increase dream recall and further lead to bizarre and vivid dreams. ![]() There are various factors that contributed to this change in the dream landscape. This also led to an increase in nightmare frequency. Not only did people start to remember more dreams, but dream content changed as themes like sickness, confinement, and-in the English-speaking world-even bugs began to dominate. The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had a huge impact on public mental health. ![]()
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