[Okiegal]

How do you get over the vicious cycle of sleep anxiety–the more anxious you are about sleeping, the worse it gets? That’s my biggest challenge.

[Deb]

Insomnia Therapy – CBT-I or ACT.

[Martin Reed]

Ultimately, we use our natural biological sleep mechanisms to our advantage. So, we build sleep drive by allotting an appropriate amount of time for sleep and we help regulate the body clock by remaining active during the day and getting out of bed by the same time each day.

We can also reduce sleep anxiety by learning more about sleep (to correct inappropriate and/or incorrect sleep-related beliefs) and implementing behaviors that give sleep the best chance possible.

Then, as sleep starts to improve, anxiety falls, and this leads to further improvements in sleep and less anxiety.

This process is typical if you implement cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques.

I hope this helps!

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