CBT-I, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, is a structured, short-term therapy that treats chronic insomnia without medication. It works by changing the thoughts and habits that keep insomnia...
Anxiety keeps you awake because it puts your brain into a state of hyperarousal which is the same alertness your body uses to respond to danger, just triggered by...
Insomnia linked to depression tends to look different from ordinary bad sleep: waking up far earlier than planned and being unable to fall back asleep, sleep that doesn’t feel...
Seasonal depression in fall is a type of depression that starts when days get shorter and darker. You may feel low, tired, and unmotivated for weeks. It often lifts...
To ask for a mental health day, keep your request short, calm, and professional. Tell your manager you need a day off, say when, and offer to hand off...
You feel tired after socializing because being around people takes real mental energy. Your brain reads faces, tracks tone, plans replies, and manages how you come across. If you...
Revenge bedtime procrastination is the habit of delaying sleep to reclaim personal time, even when you’re exhausted and know better. It’s not insomnia. You could fall asleep. You’re choosing...
You push through a brutal work deadline, finally submit it, and by the next morning you’re in bed with a splitting headache or a scratchy throat. Or the first...
Love bombing is not only romantic. A parent, friend, or boss can also flood you with praise, gifts, or attention, then pull it back when you do not go...
You might be love bombing if your affection is faster and bigger than the relationship has earned, if you use gifts, praise, or constant contact to make sure the...