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Insomnia and Middle-of-the-Night Waking
If you’re dealing with insomnia, especially the kind where you fall asleep easily but wake up a couple of hours later—and then lie awake for 60–90 minutes—you’re not alone. For many people, that middle-of-the-night waking quickly turns into frustration… and then anxiety… which only makes it harder to fall back asleep. But what if your body isn’t “broken” at all? A Different Way to Look at Sleep Before electricity and modern schedules, people commonly slept in two segments—often called a “first sleep” and “second sleep.” After a few hours of rest, they would naturally wake for a period of time, then drift back into sleep again. That shift to one…