Vivid, unsettling dreams are our new norm, according to the results of the survey. Barrett, who is also editor-in-chief of Dreaming: The Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams tells CNET that in one dream submitted through the survey (which can be found here), weird insects like centipedes had been sent into the dreamer's room. The dreamer also said that "it was a game to try to find the bugs but we could only find one single bug of many, so I was terrified to sleep until the other bugs were found."

Of course, bugs aren't the only theme pervading our thoughts when we drift off to sleep (zombies have been commonly reported as well). The dreams are far more traumatic for frontline healthcare workers, "who are dreaming about unsuccessfully intubating dying patients. Their dreams are much more literal and much more nightmarish," Barrett says.