Dream analysis: 'He's in bed and he hears tapping on the window' 

Psychoanalyst Michael Murphy explores the meaning of your dreams

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Q. My son is having this recurring dream. He’s in bed and hears tapping on his window. He tries to ignore it but it continues. Eventually, the window is opened and multiple monks start coming in. Then they start coming up the stairs and he tries to get out of his bed and get away.  However, there are buckets of water on the ground and he’s trying not to knock them over. The monks are chanting and they get closer and closer to him, but then he wakes up.

A. This is a Covid dream. Your son is suffering from an infestation of monks. An infestation is also the correct designation because it means to visit persistently in large numbers for the purpose of destruction. And while multiple monks come in the window and up the stairs, paradoxically the Latin 'monachus' means solitary.