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It is one of the great mysteries of humanity. A nightmare that stalks us, every night, to break our sleep and torpedo us with everything that worries us.
"Why, many times, do we wake up at three or four in the morning and all the worries and negative thoughts come to mind?" asks
Ana Ibáñez , director of the
Mindstudio
centers
.
This is his response: "This occurs because
our brain has completed approximately two entire sleep cycles and has identified that this time is enough
not to enter
survival mode
."
That is, "our brain interprets that
we have already slept enough so that nothing bad happens to us
." And, here comes the most 'bad' part of the matter, "it considers that the time has come to
pay attention to all our pending issues again
and, therefore, it 'bombards' us with a lot of worrying thoughts."
And what can we do when we find ourselves in that situation? "First of all, I would recommend that
we get up
if, for example, we need to go to the bathroom. The next step would be
to be aware
of what is happening to us: our brain has wanted to wake us up naturally. And, immediately afterwards, do some
deep abdominal breaths
to
achieve that calm
that our mind needs to fall asleep again," concludes Ibáñez.
Ana Ibáñez
is a chemical engineer, neuroscientist, director of the Mindstudio centers and author of 'Surprise your mind' (Editorial Planeta).