Not sleeping well?
What keeps you awake at night?
Things you haven’t done?
Things you’re dreading?
Running through stuff you said to someone and how you might have upset them (but in the light of day, there’s little or no evidence of this)
Thinking about a presentation you haven’t prepared for (even though it’s in a month’s time)
Something you did or didn’t do ten years ago
That you’re a rubbish friend / partner / parent
The range is broad from very inconsequential to more serious worries but in the middle of the night, in the darkness, they are all as important and doom filled and you feel so awake you then start worrying about the fact you’re not getting enough sleep.
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