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Sleep hygiene

The habits around sleep that either help it or quietly undermine it.

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How it shows up in daily life

The bed becomes the place where you work, watch and worry — and the body learns that this is a place for being awake. Insomnia is often maintained not by the cause that started it but by the habits that formed in response to it.

What we do with it in therapy

Sleep hygiene alone rarely resolves chronic insomnia, but it is a necessary foundation. For persistent insomnia, cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia is more effective, since it also works with time in bed and with the fear of not sleeping.

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See also

Therapeutic goal A jointly agreed shift by which we both know whether anything is happening. Heart rate variability The variation in the intervals between heartbeats — an indicator of the nervous system's flexibility. Regression A temporary return to an earlier developmental stage during a period of distress or change.

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