Overthinking at bedtime: why the mind starts the film just when it should be switching off
Why does the mind start the film the moment the light goes off? An evening protocol: tomorrow's list, constructive worry and cognitive shuffling.
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How I came through chronic insomnia myself — and what I would say to myself back then
From nights on adrenaline as an actress to being afraid of my own bed — and out again. My story of chronic insomnia, step by step, relapses included.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I): the method that works better than pills
CBT-I has the strongest evidence base for chronic insomnia — guidelines place it ahead of medication. Here are its five pillars and how treatment actually runs.
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Sleep and emotion: why everything hurts more after a bad night
After a bad night everything stings, hurts and angers faster — for a reason. What the brain does with emotion overnight, and how to treat yourself the day after.
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Waking at three: what cortisol and a racing mind are telling you
You wake at three and your mind is off and running? The reason lies in the architecture of the night — and in how you respond. What helps, and what to avoid.
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Fear of insomnia: how worrying about sleep becomes the reason you don't sleep
With chronic insomnia, fear of the night is often the main reason you don't sleep. How the prophecy fulfils itself — and where you can cut it.
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What sleep hygiene is — and why on its own it often isn't enough
Light, caffeine, alcohol, cool air, rhythm — how the mechanisms actually work, and why good sleep hygiene often isn't enough when insomnia has become chronic.
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Hyperarousal: why chronic insomnia is not a sleep problem but an arousal problem
Cortisol, heart rate, metabolism, a brain that stays half awake during sleep — what researchers have measured in insomnia, and why it is a 24-hour disorder.
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What insomnia can teach you about your life
Chronic insomnia was my shadow for years. Today I know it wasn't a malfunction but a message, about boundaries, about the body, and about the control I had to let go of.
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Insomnia: what happens in the nervous system when the brain won't let go of the day
It's three in the morning, your body is exhausted and your thoughts are racing. Here's what is really happening in your nervous system during insomnia, and why understanding it is the first…
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