The founder who couldn't sleep
When the company was finally working, the sleep stopped
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A series-B founder who hadn't slept through the night in three years. Wired at 2 a.m., useless by noon, terrified to admit it.
Before
On paper everything was working. In the body nothing was. Melatonin, magnesium, blue-light glasses, two sleep clinics, a CBT-I course — nothing held past week two.
The turning point
The pattern wasn't about sleep. It was about a six-year-old version of him who learned that the only safe time to think was after everyone else was unconscious. Once that part had a different job, the nervous system stood down.
After
Sleeping seven hours within ten days. Six months later, still sleeping. The company is still working — without the cost.
"I'd tried everything that treated sleep like a problem. This was the first thing that treated the pattern underneath it."
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