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Wake Up Anxious at 2–3AM? It’s Not Insomnia—It’s Your Nervous System
If you keep waking up between 2:00 and 3:00 AM with your mind racing or your heart pounding, it isn't happening for no reason. Your body may be trying to process what it didn't have space to process during the day.
It's easy to believe these middle-of-the-night wake-ups are just anxiety or another sleep problem to fix. But when you've spent all day pushing through, caring for everyone else, and holding everything together, your nervous system often waits until the world gets quiet before it begins to process what's been left unfinished.
Your body isn't trying to keep you awake. It's trying to…
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