When Your Mind Won't Quiet Down at Night

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:28.5	Okay, found a really interesting article written by Selim Haydair, H-A-Y-D-E-R, and it's in tiny buda.com.
0:42.6	Very philosophical, but wonderful, especially since I woke up last night, 3am on the dot and apps.
0:51.7	Actually, that's a phenomenon.
0:54.7	That is an actual phenomenon.
0:56.6	It's not just something I did.
0:58.9	If you'll note, you'll go to sleep, you'll be sleeping, you wake up, you think, oh,
1:05.4	well, the night went fast, and you look at the clock and it's 3 a.m. So I read this cute article. It's not scientific.
1:14.8	It's more spiritual. And quoting somebody they don't know, anxiety is not the enemy. I love this.
1:24.6	It's the messenger. The mistake is killing the messenger instead of reading the letter.
1:32.8	Oh my God, that is so brilliant.
1:35.0	Let me do that again.
1:36.6	Anxiety is not the enemy.
1:38.5	It is the messenger.
1:40.2	The mistake is killing the messenger instead of reading the letter.
1:46.1	And I don't know if sell him is a girl's name or a boy's name, so I'll say he.
1:53.1	Not because anything is wrong that you're up at 3 a.m.
1:57.0	You make an assessment, everybody's safe, the dogs are inside.
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