22/12/2025
One thing I do not enjoy is shopping for clothes and stuff.
And it's not the actual shopping… It's more so the thought of having to do it.
This probably comes from when I had anxiety.
Having to deal with people stressed me and could trigger my anxiety.
Even though the anxiety is gone, that thought is still lingering.
I still need to get a few things before wednesday, the last bit of christmas shopping.
What struck me about this was how something that no longer really affects my life can still quietly influence how I feel before I even start.
There’s nothing wrong with shopping or nothing bad is going to happen.
But the memory of how it used to feel shows up before logic has a chance to catch up.
And that’s very similar to what I see with sleep.
People aren’t necessarily falling apart.
They’re getting up, going to work, doing what needs to be done.
But every night there’s that familiar feeling of tension, anxiousness, or dread around going to bed.
Not because tonight will be terrible, but because so many nights before were.
So they keep putting off dealing with it.
They hope it will settle.
They tell themselves they’ll look at it properly after Christmas, after work calms down, after life gets easier.
And before they know it, years have passed.
Not because they ignored it, but because they learned how to live around it.
And that’s usually the moment people realise that waiting hasn’t helped, and that doing nothing is actually what’s keeping them stuck in the poor sleep cycle.
If you want to break that cycle, get access to the video I created that shows you how at https:///sleep.mindbodied.com
