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Why the mind rehearses past failures during sleep attempts

I lie awake every night replaying the presentation I gave poorly six months ago, even though everyone said it was fine and it literally doesn't matter anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nighttime mind becomes a theater where shame performs its repetitive drama, immune to daytime logic.

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

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