The Unquiet Mind: Finding Support for Nighttime Anxiety
Gina Hicks
There’s something about the dark that strips away the distractions, and during the day, with a packed schedule, a phone full of notifications, and a relentless to-do list, the noise keeps moving fast enough that deeper worries stay in the background. Nighttime anxiety has a way of surfacing everything that the daylight hours help push aside. The room is quiet, and the mind gets loud. Many individuals find that this is when the fear, dread, and rumination settle in like unwelcome guests. No amount of exhaustion seems to make the anxiety move out so that sleep can move in. This is an experience that goes deeper than a habit of...
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