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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
So I'm gonna be real honest.
I was tossing and turning a lot last night.
I was having trouble falling asleep, and I got into one of those spirals where I'm thinking, why is it taking me so long?
Like, I'm starting to stress out.
And then that makes it even harder to fall asleep.
Oh, I'm not getting good sleep.
Everyone says you have to get good sleep.
What am I doing to myself?
What's happening to my brain?
Oh, my gosh, I'm worrying.
I'm worrying.
I'm worrying.
All those things are activating the sympathetic nervous system and that's incompatible with sleep.