During the day, you can usually hold it together. You show up, function, answer messages, handle responsibilities. But when night comes… something shifts.
The house gets quiet, the light changes, and instead of feeling relief, you feel exposed. Emotionally raw. On edge. Your body won’t relax. Your thoughts start scanning for danger, even when nothing is happening.
It’s not just “trouble sleeping.” It feels deeper than that. It feels like your system doesn’t trust the night. Almost as if you don’t feel emotionally safe being alone with yourself in the dark.
If that resonates, this isn’t you being dramatic, broken, or “too sensitive.” There are specific reasons why you feel emotionally unsafe at night — and once you understand them, you can begin to change them.