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The Conversation at the Kitchen Table

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Grace and Tom at the kitchen table. Saturday morning. The kids are at a friend's house. She has been rehearsing this for a week. The words keep rearranging themselves in her head. She has started and stopped this conversation mentally a hundred times at 3 AM. Now the time is 9 AM and the light is w...

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  • Social isolation worsens insomnia through irregular schedules, increased rumination, and cortisol from unshared stress
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  • Specific asks ('room cooler, don't take 3 AM personally') are more effective than general complaints
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