How to Sleep When Feeling Stressed Out
When you’re extremely stressed and can’t sleep, the problem isn’t a lack of sleep effort—it’s a nervous system stuck in threat mode. The fix is to lower arousal first, then let sleep happen as a side effect. Most people try to “force” sleep—earlier bedtimes, melatonin, scrolling until exhaustion. That backfires. Stress activates cortisol and adrenaline, […]

