Why is it so much harder to fall asleep when you’re thinking about how badly you need to go to sleep?

Question

Yes I need therapy. Yes I’m working on it 😆

In: Biology

Answer 1

From an evolutionary perspective, being stressed makes your body get itself ready to respond to the stressor. The problem is that stressors used to be significant things, like stuff that could kill us. So our bodies fuel us with necessary shit to stay alert and survive. Our modern stress is a lot less hazardous, but our bodies don’t recognize the difference. They just know stress, and they respond accordingly