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The Night That Will Not End
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Nadia cannot sleep. But it is different now. Before the ER night, insomnia was terror. Lying rigid, heart pounding, convinced something catastrophic was happening or about to happen. Now it is quieter. A restlessness. She is not panicking. She is just awake at 1:30 AM, looking at the ceiling, wonde...
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- Anxiety and insomnia co-occur in 24% of cases; the bidirectional loop compounds nightly
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