Why Does New Year Planning Steal Our Sleep_ Soothing Holiday Psychology for Deep Sleep
The calendar flips. The celebrations fade. The anxiety begins. Resolutions. Goals. Deadlines. A voice in your head that whispers you are not doing enough. By the time you climb into bed, your brain is spinning. Sleep is impossible. The holiday is over. The pressure is just beginning.New Year planning triggers anticipatory anxiety. The brain perceives the blank slate of January as a threat. Not a physical threat. A psychological one. The threat of failure. The threat of disappointing yourself. The threat of being the same person next year that you are this year. The prefrontal cortex…
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