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How To Sleep Like a Champ

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The Core Issue With Trouble Sleeping

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Some people just have trouble down-regulating those arousal mechanisms that are alertness. The more you struggle with sleep, the more you become more vigilant at night because things like anxiety or anticipation of how bad it's going to be now that my partner is sleeping with me. That sort of anticipatory anxiety further amps up the vigilance response. To be able to fall asleep and you also use this word, you need to feel safe and secure, right? And that makes sense from an evolutionary standpoint.

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