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Why anxiety creates early morning awakenings before stressors materialize

I fall asleep fine but wake up every morning at 5am with my heart racing about work emails I haven't even read yet.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system has learned to anticipate threat before threat appears, creating perpetual pre-emptive activation.

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