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When sleep anxiety creates its own insomnia cycle

I lie awake calculating how many hours of sleep I'll get if I fall asleep right now and the math makes me more anxious and awake.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind's attempt to control rest becomes the very obstacle to the natural process it seeks.

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