4d ago
46 and I keep sitting up at 3am absolutely wideawake with my heart going a bit fast and then I lie there for two hours thinking about nothing in particular, just... awake. It's been months of this. My husband sleeps through it all which is lovely for him 🙄 The thing is I genuinely cannot tell if this is stress (work has been a lot) or if something hormonal is actually shifting. My cycles are still regular. I don't feel that hot, just sort of... alert and wired when I should be deeply unconscious. I've started going out for a walk after dinner, nothing dramatic, just round the block while it's still light, and I think it might be helping a tiny bit? Hard to say. Could be coincidence. Also been trying to keep dinner low effort so I'm not still full at midnight. Less wine on weeknights too which I mourn slightly but I do seem to sleep better those nights so. GP next month and I genuinely don't know how to describe any of this without sounding like I'm just a bit tired and need to relax more. How do you explain waking at 3am when everything else looks fine on paper? x