Awake at Three in the Morning

What is usually behind it

• A sleep cycle that lifts closest to waking in the early hours — most people surface then; not everyone gets back down
• A worry that has nowhere to go during the day and takes the first quiet hour it finds
• Grief, which very often arrives at this hour rather than in daylight
• A body that has changed — age, medication, pain — and no longer sleeps in one unbroken block

These are common states, not a diagnosis. If something here is affecting your health, your sleep or your safety, please speak to a doctor or a qualified professional where you live.

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