Description
A sleepless night often begins with awareness. Time passes. The body feels tired, yet the mind becomes alert. Without meaning to, attention turns toward sleep itself, and once that happens, rest becomes harder to reach.
This book explains that pattern with precision, and without the usual advice that makes you feel like you're failing at something basic.
You'll learn why racing thoughts at night are usually your survival system doing its job at the wrong hour, why the mind gets louder when the world goes quiet, how hyperarousal keeps the body ready even when you feel calm, and why most sleep tips backfire by turning bedtime into a performance. Most importantly, you'll learn how to stop trying to control sleep and start changing the only thing that actually matters: your nervous system's sense of threat.
This is not a "perfect routine" book. It's a practical framework for breaking the fear loop that keeps insomnia alive, especially if you deal with intrusive thoughts at night, bedtime anxiety, repeated waking, or that wired-but-tired feeling.
Inside you'll learn:
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Why wakefulness isn't dangerous, and how treating it like a problem trains your brain to stay alert
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The exact anatomy of the nighttime spiral, and how to interrupt it without forcing anything
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How to relate to thoughts without wrestling them, so they stop gaining momentum
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Why "trying harder" and constant monitoring blocks sleep, and what replaces it
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How daytime stress builds night-time arousal even when life looks "fine"
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Where supplements and medication can help, where they can't, and how they can accidentally add pressure
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Why progress looks uneven, how to handle setbacks, and how to keep one bad night from turning into a relapse
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How to create the conditions for real downshifting, without fragile rules or constant self-management
If you're tired of advice that treats sleep like a skill you have to master, this book gives you something more useful: a way to stop feeding the system that keeps you awake.
Sleep isn't something you win. It returns when your body stops interpreting the night as a threat.
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