You know the feeling.
The hot flash that jolts you awake just as you were finally drifting off. The sweat-soaked sheets. The racing thoughts that latch onto every worry you managed to ignore during the day.
You check the clock. 3:17 AM.
And then the math starts. "If I fall asleep right now, I'll get four hours. Maybe three and a half. I have that meeting tomorrow. I can't do this again."
But you don't fall asleep right now. You lie there for another 45 minutes - hot, then cold, then hot again - while your brain cycles through your to-do list, your mother's health, your finances, and that thing you said at dinner three days ago.
By 5 AM, you're finally drowsy. By 6 AM, the alarm goes off. You drag yourself out of bed feeling like you haven't slept at all.
And tomorrow night, you'll dread bedtime all over again.