Pattern / Onset
You can't fall asleep. Your brain won't turn off.
You lie down ready for sleep, and the tape keeps running. Hours pass before anything quiets, if it quiets at all.
What's actually happening
Your sleep system never gets the cue to switch off. That's not a willpower failure or a relaxation deficit. It's a wiring problem in the wind-down process, where the arousal signal stays on past the point sleep should begin. The fix isn't trying harder to relax. It's resetting the cue.
Next Step
Find out which pattern is yours.
12 questions, ~4 minutes. Your assessment routes to the clinician whose specialty fits the pattern. No prescription written until your clinician reviews your full intake.
Reviewed by sleep medicine specialists who treat onset-pattern insomnia, not anxiety with sleep symptoms.