So many of us struggle with trying to keep stress, anxiety, pain, and insomnia “under control” by using whatever means available trying to avoid the stress, suppress the anxiety, kill the pain, or fight the insomnia. While these methods may provide quick “results”, they are not sustainable for the long-term and many “solutions” become a law of diminishing returns. It is impossible to avoid all things that create stress.
Anxiety returns (perhaps even stronger) when you let go of the suppression or it loses its efficacy. The pain will still be there when the receptors regain their feeling. Sleep and fighting don’t seem able to coexist.