Distorted Time Perception During the Pandemic Tied to Stress

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Did you easily lose track of the days of the week during the COVID pandemic not knowing if it was a weekday or the weekend? New research suggests that for many, the passage of time felt altered.

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For their study, the investigators surveyed participants in the NORC AmeriSpeak online panel, a"probability-based panel" of 35,000 US households selected at random from across the country. At Wave 2, they reported the extent of exposure to the coronavirus, financial exposures, and secondary stressors. They also completed a non–COVID-related stress/trauma exposure checklist and were asked to indicate whether the trauma, disaster, or bereavement took place prior to or during the pandemic.

The most common experiences included being focused on the present moment, feeling that weekdays and weekends were the same, and feeling uncertain about the future.

 

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