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How Stress Affects Sleep and Recovery
You're exhausted by 9 p.m., but the moment you lie down, your brain fires up. Deadlines, unfinished conversations, tomorrow's pressure. You need sleep. Your nervous system has other priorities. That is not a discipline failure. That is cortisol doing exactly what it was built to do. The problem is timing, and until you understand the mechanism, nothing you try at bedtime will work reliably. TL;DR: Chronic stress floods your body with cortisol at precisely the wrong time, dis
6 hours ago5 min read
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