Are You Trying Too Hard to Sleep?

If you are working hard to fall asleep — checking the clock, going to bed early, cancelling plans to “protect” your sleep — you are probably trying too hard. Sleep is not something you can achieve by effort; it is a process that happens when you let go. The very behaviours we use to guarantee […]

A Bad Night or Real Insomnia?

One bad night — or even a difficult week of poor sleep — does not mean you have insomnia. The difference between a bad night and an insomnia disorder comes down to three things: frequency, duration and daytime consequences. A bad night is a normal, passing event; insomnia is a persistent pattern that feeds itself […]

How to Keep a Sleep Diary

A sleep diary is the simplest yet most powerful tool in CBT-I (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia). It is a short table you fill in each morning about the night before — and it lets us see how your sleep actually behaves, night after night, rather than how it feels. Before we try to change […]
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