It’s 3am. The apartment is quiet, the rain is on the window, and your body is exhausted, but your mind is wide awake, running through tomorrow’s to-do list, replaying a conversation, or simply worrying about the fact that you’re still awake. If that sounds familiar, you’re dealing with something specific and very common: sleep anxiety. And the frustrating truth is that you can’t force your way out of it, because the harder you try to sleep, the more awake you become. The good

If you’ve been lying awake at 3am with your mind running laps, or felt your chest tighten on the SkyTrain for no reason you can name, you already know something most advice misses: anxiety isn’t something you can simply talk yourself out of. Knowing a worry is irrational rarely makes it stop. That’s not a personal failing - it’s how anxiety works. The encouraging part is that anxiety is also one of the most treatable things people come to professionals for, and there are more