{"id":176620,"date":"2026-01-11T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/if-worries-keep-you-from-falling-back-asleep-experts-know-what-to-try\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:35:11","slug":"if-worries-keep-you-from-falling-back-asleep-experts-know-what-to-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/if-worries-keep-you-from-falling-back-asleep-experts-know-what-to-try\/","title":{"rendered":"If worries keep you from falling back asleep, experts know what to try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/racing-thoughts-interrupting-sleep-140853089.html\">If worries keep you from falling back asleep, experts know what to try<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/racing-thoughts-interrupting-sleep-140853089.html\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/racing-thoughts-interrupting-sleep-140853089.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-11 21:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aol.com\">www.aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are six key points from the article on nighttime anxiety and how to manage it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Nighttime Stress and Insomnia:<\/strong> Nighttime racing thoughts causing frequent awakenings are a common symptom of chronic insomnia. Stress and anxiety make it difficult to ignore these thoughts and can disrupt sleep.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Biological and Psychological Factors:<\/strong> Nighttime anxiety is likely caused by a combination of biological and psychological factors, including stress, anxiety, a shift in brain activity, and revisiting of unfinished mental tasks as distractions fade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Stress-Relief Strategies:<\/strong> Various strategies can help manage nighttime anxiety and facilitate falling back asleep. These include cognitive shuffling, sensory grounding, mental walk-throughs, breathwork, and journaling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Daily Habits:<\/strong> Addressing general daytime habits like exercise, exposure to sunlight, meditation, and scheduled worry time can help manage overall stress and improve sleep.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Sleep Routine Considerations:<\/strong> Factors like appropriate room temperature, avoiding alcohol and presleep screen time, and maintaining a consistent sleep routine can positively affect sleep quality.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>When to Seek Help:<\/strong> If nighttime anxiety interferes with daily functioning or occurs frequently, it may be beneficial to seek medical advice. Treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness therapies, and supplements under medical supervision can be explored.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If worries keep you from falling back asleep, experts know what to try https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/racing-thoughts-interrupting-sleep-140853089.html Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_cnn_articles_945\/a2b07913f0d903b1c21cd7e005508763","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176623,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176620\/revisions\/176623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}