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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/qt_31415 on 2025-02-07 05:03:24+00:00.

It’s 5am, and I’ve been awake since 1am after falling asleep at midnight. This has been happening a lot lately. I’ve always struggled with falling asleep, but now I’m also waking up in the middle of the night and just… lying there. For hours. It’s wrecking my mood and my focus at work.

I’ve built up a fairly reliable bedtime routine and use audiobooks to fall asleep initially, but once I wake up in the night, nothing works. Audiobooks? Nope. Moving to a different room? Still wide awake.

At this point, I’m pretty desperate - what’s actually helped you get back to sleep when your brain refuses to switch off?