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My younger friend (aged 16) has been having difficulty sleeping lately.

He's complaining of waking up during the night with cold sweats/panic attacks.

He has a lot on his plate now; his father recently attempted suicide, he and his girlfriend are having difficulties, he's somewhat freaking out over school (he wants to get into a good college so he's somewhat an over-achiever).

Given that I know so much about his life right now, I told him that maybe he was just really upset and stressed. He's also the kind of person to not talk about his problems until recently when he started talking to me more.

While I don't think it's anything serious, he told me that he's kind of turned off from sleeping because of this, and if it is stress related, then NOT sleeping / being stressed out about not sleeping definitely isn't helping.

Anyone think they could help me out here? Thanks, and I appreciate it.