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Dr. Michael Breus makes a wild point early: one sentence from a doctor could make 10mg of Ambien completely useless. That's how much your brain runs the show.

Most sleep problems aren't about your mattress or your schedule. They're fear-based. Low-grade anxiety that keeps your heart rate up and your nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight.

And when you wake up at 3am? Your brain immediately goes negative. It's wired that way.

Breus says your heart rate needs to drop to around 60 bpm before your body will even allow sleep. Flip on the news at night and you're fighting that the whole way down.

You need runway to land the plane.

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sleep anxiety, Dr. Michael Breus, fear and sleep, how to fall asleep, monkey mind, sleep doctor, parasympathetic nervous system, insomnia causes, heart rate and sleep, sleep without pills

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