Life in lockdown could be causing people to have longer, more memorable and more intense or emotional dreams, an expert has said.
Increased financial pressures, cabin fever, and a lack of stimulation caused by staying at home for days on end could all result in significant changes to the dreams people are having, said Professor Mark Blagrove, a leading expert in sleep and dreaming at Swansea University's department of psychology.
Professor Blagrove told the PA news agency: "Many people will have experienced a change in their circumstances recently, and any type of stress may be dreamt about. "Some people will be having a life that is more boring than previously. "But there will be a lot of people who have more stress, possibly because they