I've never had the classic anxiety nightmares about exams or such. But last night I woke from a nightmare where I was launching a big new scientific study -- and last-minute realized a massive, fatal flaw in the experimental design. Like "oh shit, stop the presses, what the fuck was I ever thinking??"

The worst part? Lying awake at 3am, heart pounding, frantically reviewing the nightmare b/c I'm worried it might be a real problem. It claimed to be about the study I'm launching next month!

*phew!* The name was the same, but fortunately there was nothing about the nightmare-study that's anything like the real one.
@datasaurus I’m glad to hear it. But nowadays it seems that doing any kind of real science can be fraught.
@datasaurus oh my!!! May tomorrow’s sleep be less intrusive 🤗