为什么焦虑在夜间更强烈，以及可以怎么应对

夜间为何更容易陷入担忧

夜里躺在床上却清醒着，反复回想白天的争执，或担心即将到来的重要会议——这种体验并不少见。石溪大学心理学教授Candice Alfano解释，白天工作与个人需求通常占满注意力，而夜间干扰变少，人就有了更多空间去想自己在意或担忧的事情，焦虑也随之升高。Alfano的研究方向是情绪、行为与睡眠之间的关系。

注意力的空档不等于原因

这一解释把夜间焦虑加重放在注意力环境的变化上：不是夜晚本身制造了担忧，而是白天被压住的思绪在安静时获得了更多浮现机会。材料给出的是机制层面的说明，并未提供干预试验或效果数据，因此不能据此推断某种具体做法已被验证有效。

If you often find yourself lying wide awake at night — when you should be sleeping — stewing over an argument you had earlier in the day or worrying about an important upcoming meeting, you’re not alone.

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Work and personal demands typically consume your attention during the day. But at night, there are fewer distractions, giving you “more space for thinking about the things you’re either concerned about or worried about,” said Candice Alfano, a psychology professor at Stony Brook University who researches the relationships between emotions, behaviors and sleep. “All of this can elevate anxiety.”