Wide Awake at 2 a.m.? Here’s How to Calm Your Nervous System and Stop Anxiety in Its Tracks

Sometimes, anxiety doesn’t start in your head — it starts in your body. That tight chest, restless energy, or racing thoughts? That’s your nervous system trying to keep you safe… and occasionally choosing the worst possible time to make a spectacle of itself: like 2 a.m. The Night I Talked Myself Down (with Chamomile Tea, …