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When Self-Consciousness About Sleep Appearance Affects Intimacy

I cannot fall asleep next to my partner anymore because I am self-conscious about how I look when I sleep.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Vulnerability requires the suspension of self-monitoring, but shame makes us perform even in our most private moments.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sleep as time relationship?”

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