Why Anxiety Gets Worse at Night: Understanding the Evening Crash
Release Date: 12/01/2025
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✨ Today’s Episode:
If your anxiety gets worse at night and you find yourself “falling apart” when the world finally gets quiet, this episode will help you understand what’s really happening inside your nervous system. Today we dive deep into the evening crash, the hidden emotional backlog, the drop in daytime survival strategies, and the misunderstood phase of healing that makes nighttime symptoms feel louder. You’ll learn why evenings reveal what the daytime hides, why your system isn’t failing, and how to begin shifting this pattern with compassion rather than fear.
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✅ Key Takeaways:
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Why anxiety gets worse at night and what your nervous system is actually doing during the evening crash.
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How daytime survival mode masks emotional load, causing symptoms to spike when the world gets quiet.
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Simple shifts in evening meaning and identity that help you move through nighttime anxiety with more safety and support.
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