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Sarah Finley

How to calm anxiety at night naturally, according to a sleep doctor

The image shows a woman with nighttime anxiety laying in bed with her eyes open in the darkness.

We all suffer from mild sleep disturbances now and again. But if you’re finding it hard to fall asleep or get back to sleep more consistently due to whirring thoughts, you could be suffering from nighttime anxiety.

Knowing how to calm anxiety at night is the key to getting better sleep. However, it’s easy to create a cycle where anxiety causes sleep disturbances, and the lack of sleep then exacerbates anxiety, leading to a vicious cycle of poor sleep and heightened anxiety.

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