Sleeping pills don’t cure insomnia because insomnia is not a problem of “missing a pill” — it is a problem of arousal. A tablet can quieten the noise for one night, but it doesn’t teach the body to fall asleep on its own, rebuild confidence in sleep, or undo the habits keeping insomnia alive. The […]
Sleep misperception is the tendency of people with insomnia to over-estimate how long it takes them to fall asleep and under-estimate how much they actually sleep. This inaccurate perception feeds frustration, anxiety and arousal, which in turn makes sleep harder — a vicious cycle. CBT-I addresses it directly by challenging the unhelpful beliefs and building […]
Insomnia is not just a problem of the night — it is the result of patterns that can be changed. The most helpful resources on insomnia are grounded in CBT-I (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia), the world’s leading evidence-based approach, recommended by NICE as the first-line treatment. Rather than offering quick tricks, the real goal […]
Sometimes insomnia goes away on its own — but usually it doesn’t. Insomnia triggered by a temporary event can clear once things settle. But when the difficulty lasts weeks and months, a pattern forms, and insomnia stops being a “reaction” and becomes a mechanism that keeps itself going. The earlier you treat it, the shorter […]
CBT-I is usually better than both general talking therapy and sleeping tablets for chronic insomnia because it targets the sleep mechanism itself — the habits, thoughts and physical responses that keep insomnia going. General therapy may not focus directly enough on sleep, and medication treats the symptom rather than the root. CBT-I is short, structured, […]
You shouldn’t ignore insomnia because it tends to turn from a temporary problem into a chronic one if left untreated — and its effects reach far beyond the night. Treating insomnia is not a luxury but an important health intervention. The good news is that there is a research-proven treatment, CBT-I, that helps most people […]
Insomnia is one of the most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause — affecting 40–60% of women — yet it is often under-treated. Falling oestrogen and progesterone, night-time hot flushes, anxiety and shifts in the body clock all disrupt deep sleep. The most effective treatment for the resulting chronic insomnia is CBT-I, sometimes alongside HRT […]
Sleep difficulty becomes insomnia when it occurs at least three nights a week, persists for three months or more, and affects your daytime functioning — despite having adequate opportunity to sleep. A single bad night, or even a few, is not enough for a diagnosis. Insomnia is a pattern, not a one-off event. We all […]
Insomnia is very common in older adults — around half of people over 65 report sleep difficulties — but it is not an inevitable part of ageing. The most effective treatment is cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), recommended by NICE and the NHS ahead of sleeping tablets, alongside simple changes to routine and environment. […]
The insomnia treatment that actually works over the long term is cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) — the first-line treatment recommended by NICE and the NHS for chronic insomnia. It is not a luxury but an important health intervention: rather than waiting for the problem to pass, CBT-I identifies what is holding the difficulty […]
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