mindfulness

  • So This Is Why I Wake Up With Existential Dread At 3am

    So This Is Why I Wake Up With Existential Dread At 3am

    When I wake at 3am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this. A friend of mine calls 3am thoughts “barbed-wire thinking”, because you can get caught in it. The thoughts are often distressing and punitive. Strikingly, these concerns vaporise in the daylight, proving…