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How trauma transforms fundamental sleep requirements

I haven't been able to sleep in complete darkness since my apartment was broken into four months ago, but I hate that some stranger changed something so basic about how I exist in the world.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A violation of safety has permanently altered the nervous system's baseline requirements for rest and vulnerability.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sleep — the science and the practice across traditions?”

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