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Sometimes we are just thirsty or too hot. But most often, our insomnia is psychological. It is the minds revenge for all the efforts that we have, largely unbeknownst to us been making not to have certain thoughts in the day, we are being woken up by a need to think about something that we have carefully been ignoring, probably thanks to our work or our social and family commitments.

Having attempted to get our attention by more normal means in the clamor and busyness of the day, or deep mines are now trying to get us to have an appointment with certain insights and ideas in the quieter hours of the night, are 3am awakenings are signs that we have repeatedly not been doing the sort of self reflection we need to do in order to be at peace. We're not being lazy.