Sarah Green Carmichael, Columnist

Your Coronavirus Nightmares Are Good For You

Stress dreams may help you cope with scary circumstances.

April 3, 2020 at 12:30 PM UTC

Sarah Green Carmichael is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and editor. Previously, she was an executive editor at Harvard Business Review.

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He was running an essential errand. Inside the building, people were jostling, pushing — no one was six feet away, no one was social distancing. He couldn’t get away, and he couldn’t get out. It was terrifying.

Then he woke up.