3 Signs Your Body Is Stuck in Survival Mode (And Why Rest Isn't Fixing It)

Tired all day, then wide awake the second you get into bed? That's not two problems. That's one — and it means your body is stuck in survival mode. Survival mode is a real physical state. Your nervous system has a gear for handling danger. It's built to switch on for a moment and then switch off. But when you've been carrying everything for years, your body stops treating that gear as an emergency setting and starts treating it as normal. It isn't malfunctioning — it's protecting you. It just...