Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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That 3am anxiety isn’t random. Your cortisol is supposed to rise gently at dawn. When you’re chronically stressed, it spikes early and hard—jolting you awake at 3am. Meanwhile, your prefrontal cortex is still offline. That’s why everything feels catastrophic at 3am but manageable by morning. Treat the daytime anxiety driving the cortisol dysregulation.

Send this to your fellow 3am warrior. What Your Psychiatrist Wants You to Know series—Part 5. Follow for Part 6.

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