Story-at-a-Glance When Jerry, a 40-year-old married father of two, walked into his primary care physician’s office, he carried more than the burden of chronic low back pain. His real complaint? He could no longer stay asleep. The fatigue had become so profound that this volunteer …
What if the anxiety keeping you awake isn’t the problem—but fighting it is? Science proves this counterintuitive truth changes everything about sleep.
Your 3 AM panic attacks aren’t weakness—they’re your brain’s GABA system screaming for help while cortisol floods your bloodstream.
If anxiety is stealing your sleep, this breakthrough research reveals why avoidance makes insomnia worse—and what works instead.