To understand why current insomnia solutions fail, we must acknowledge that insomnia is rooted in anxiety and hyperarousal.

To fix insomnia, we often try strategies like sleeping pills, relaxation exercises, and bedtime rituals.

However, these don’t work because sleep is a passive biological process that cannot be forced through willpower or external efforts.

Forcing sleep can heighten anxiety and reinforce the perception that insomnia is a threat that must be addressed.

Here are 10 things you’re probably doing right now to “make” sleep happen.

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