A new form of anxiety dream

[dreamshark]

I used to have that common dream where I'm out in public somewhere and *WHOOPS*  I realize I forgot my clothes!  Recently that good old anxiety trope has given way to one where I suddenly realize I've forgotten my coronavirus mask.

Really, the most surprising thing about this new societal expectation is that it took about 6 months to work its way into my subconscious.

Anybody else having that dream?

Comments

[maruad]

I have had the mask dream within the last few weeks.

[lydy]

I had a complicated anxiety dream which involved both fighting with my mask and fighting with other people's mask, and there not being mask where there needed to be, and also too many masks at other places, and the masks were sometimes sentient and sometimes weren't. I'm glad the details have faded because it was very upsetting.

[quadong]

I mostly have dreams where no one *else* is wearing a mask.

[dreamshark]

I have to ask. Before the pandemic did you have dreams where nobody else was wearing clothes?

[quadong]

Nope, only the usual one where I wasn't wearing clothes. Lack of parallel structure! Minus one point!

[guppiecat]

Yep. Mine started six months after I started masking up too.

[marahmarie]

Never.