Sleep problems are rarely just about sleep. They tangle up with anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and trauma, and they tend to outlast whatever set them off. These posts cover what actually keeps sleep problems going and what treats them: chronic insomnia and CBT-I, sleep procrastination, and the sleep issues that turn out to be medical rather than psychological. Sleep hygiene has its place, but it was never a treatment on its own.
The nightcap. The bedtime edible. The glass of wine that turns into two because it takes the edge off. Using something to get to sleep is one of the most…
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You wake up and it is still dark. You already know, before you check, that it is somewhere around three. Your heart is going a little faster than it should…
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Most people who have the same nightmare over and over have stopped mentioning it. They brought it up once, got told that dreams are just the brain processing things, and…
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You are lying in the dark doing arithmetic. If you fall asleep right now, that’s five hours and forty minutes. If you fall asleep in twenty minutes, that’s five hours…
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Lying awake at night can be infuriating. You finally fall asleep at 4:30 AM only to be startled awake by your alarm. Grumbling about a terrible night, you stumble to…
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