Yes. You can feel completely exhausted and still be unable to sleep. This frustrating pattern usually means that fatigue and alertness are occurring at the same time. Your body needs rest, but your nervous system remains activated. You may feel physically drained, mentally tired, and desperate for sleep, yet your
Many people with insomnia become obsessed with fixing sleep because the brain starts treating wakefulness as an emergency. A few bad nights can turn into hours of research, symptom checking, medication worry, rigid routines, and constant fear about what will happen if sleep does not return.
This pattern makes sense.
Yes, anxiety can absolutely cause chronic insomnia. It can also maintain it long after the original stressor has passed. In my clinical work, I often see that people are not just struggling with sleep. They are struggling with a nervous system that has learned to stay alert, a mind that
