It's time for everyone's favorite end-of-summer tradition: insomnia
Sunday scaries keep you up last night? You’re not alone.
Google searches for “how to fall asleep fast” doubled yesterday, according to Google Trends data. Searches for the phrase peak every August and January (as do searches for “melatonin”), coinciding with the start of schools’ fall and spring semesters.
Studies have found that anxiety – like the kind you might experience the night before an event – often results in loss of sleep. Insomnia is also known to be seasonal: A study in Japan found that people there experience insomnia at higher rates around April, which is typically when school semesters start.