Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanojia

And that's something that a lot of people will experience, right?

So why does my anxiety get 10 times worse at night?

During the day, I can usually manage.

I keep busy.

I focus on work.

I push the thoughts aside.

But the second it's nighttime and things quiet down, my brain turns into the loudest thing in the room.

Every worry I shoved away all comes back.

Bills, relationships, future plans, regrets.

I'll try to go to sleep, but instead I toss and turn until 3 a.m.

I'll sometimes jump into calls with friends or even play around on my...

on my prize so i just don't feel alone but the anxiety still lingers does anyone deal with this why is anxiety so much worse at night and how do you comment so it is fascinating but anxiety is way worse at night and that is because that is the way that we have evolved there are all kinds of neuroscience mechanisms that make anxiety worse at night

And the really scary thing is that one of the reasons, probably one of the biggest reasons why anxiety is worse at night that is not evolution is that the way that we deal with anxiety is

makes it worse at night.

So a lot of people will go through there during the day and they will occupy themselves to distract themselves to ignore the anxiety.

And the really scary thing is if you are distracting yourself from the anxiety during the day, there's a really good chance that you're actually making it worse at night.

And so this is why

So sometimes as a psychiatrist, I work with patients who come up with solutions to their problems.

The problem is that sometimes their solution creates another problem.

And the moment that your solution creates a different problem, now you're stuck.