Why is it, that during nighttime, anxiety seems to spiral unreasonably? The stress over things outside of your control just builds and builds even when you try to constructively work through it. Then, the moment the sun rises you get a surge of calm, determination to meet challenges head on. Why? - ThreadSky

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adriennedriggs.com • 179 days ago

Why is it, that during nighttime, anxiety seems to spiral unreasonably? The stress over things outside of your control just builds and builds even when you try to constructively work through it. Then, the moment the sun rises you get a surge of calm, determination to meet challenges head on. Why?

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synfulthegamer.bsky.social•178 days ago

I find the longer I go without a chance to process things, the more it stacks up. When you get to the night / evening time you have less external stimulus in most cases, so your brain will start screaming through the massive backlog.

the3d0c70r.bsky.social•178 days ago

personally, I believe it is because there is the illusion that no one is there, seems like we are alone.
for me its my dumb thoughts in my head getting amplified by other dumb thoughts also in my head and they feed each other over and over until Im in a panic-anxiety spiral believing the worse

missnoodle.bsky.social•179 days ago

I used to have this same issue and I found that I was distracting myself too much before bed. I would have a crazy day at work then immediately go into scrolling and/or Netflix then go straight to bed. I wasn't giving myself time to process it and it would keep me awake/wake me up.

adriennedriggs.com•179 days ago

What are some of the best ways you've found to help process prior to bed?

missnoodle.bsky.social•179 days ago

For me, I just need something calming that doesn't require my brain to work as much. Reading a book, crocheting, having a show on in the background that I've seen a million times and don't need to pay attention to. It's not that, go, go, go time and just a way for you to transition to sleep

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