For ages, chronic disease has been thought of in a certain light. Our own ideas on chronic disease have taken a more fatalistic attitude. Well, we’re all going to die anyway so what’s the point? That way of thinking is problematic for multiple reasons.

Scientists believe that a deficiency in melatonin secretion may play a role in anxiety-related insomnia. Melatonin is a hormone that is released from the pineal gland at night, usually around 9pm.