When Worry Comes to Bed

At night, worry can feel productive, as though replaying the day or anticipating tomorrow might finally bring relief. Instead, it often trains the brain to associate the bed with problem-solving rather than sleep.

The answer is not to force every thought away. It is to stop treating each one as pressing, meaningful, or worthy of another hour of attention.

Worry may knock on the door. We do not have to invite it in and stay awake with it.

If this way of understanding worry speaks to you, I’d love to share more. You can read two free chapters of my upcoming book, Fear Is a Liar, here.