The harder you try to fall asleep, the more awake trying makes you. Often it’s not the night itself keeping you up, but the worry about the night.

Decision paralysis isn’t a character flaw. It’s what happens when the fear of choosing wrong outweighs the pull of any option – and more choices make it worse.

Some of us can’t relax when things go well, bracing instead for the next setback. Here’s why calm can feel like a warning — and how to loosen its grip.