Some people are lucky in the way their heads can hit the pillow and their eyes can follow and they’re out in seconds. Others struggle with anxiety when trying to fall asleep, which can be normal, but is very fatiguing, both mentally and physically.
One form of this anxiety can be shown through one’s mind not shutting off. All of the worries come rushing to one’s head like a mental checklist that won’t go away. Another form is just a song, or a verse that you keep playing over in your head. There might not be worries that come rushing to your head and you might not know why you can’t fall asleep. The anxiety is hidden somewhere in your brain and a song that repeats in one’s head for hours takes its place.
Sometimes people fall asleep easily but then wake up during the middle of the night and cannot get back to sleep because of their worries, and it always seems like things are worse in the middle of the night than they are in the morning.
There are a million other ways that anxiety can nest in your brain and take over your wanted and needed sleep as it takes its evil form differently in everyone. Its main task though is to keep you thinking about worries, problems and things that should have gotten done during the day, etc.
However, there are ways you can try to fight this anxiety and lessen it so you can fall asleep more easily at night. Here are some tips:
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