Willl sleep restriction help for anxiety that causes insomnia ?

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      Hello all

      I have been suffering from sleep anxiety for a very long time. now and then I have months of success and then a relapse. I only had sleep anxiety but now this time around I have other anxieties which sound so absurd like anxiety about getting up and having to pee in the night. So this affects sleep obviously and has caused my anxiety levels to spike.

      My question now is, should sleep restriction or CBT I help with even resolving non sleep related anxieties? Now that I have multiple anxieties incl sleep related.

      Kindly pls suggest.

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      Martin Reed
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        CBT-I techniques, such as sleep restriction, can be helpful even in the presence of anxiety for two reasons:

        1. Anxiety doesn’t prevent sleep (but our attempts to fight or avoid anxiety can make sleep more difficult)
        2. Sleep restriction helps build sleep drive, and sleep drive will always overpower anxiety in the end

        I hope this helps!

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