In my clinics, my patients often talk about their insomnia as a problem. I prefer to see insomnia as a pattern… A pattern is something that happens over time, and is built over time. And we can potentially break it and change it. When we talk about a problem we assume something’s wrong with our…
I’m an NHS sleep clinician and if you are looking to find the right sleep therapy this is what I would recommend for successful treatment: We use something called cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia or CBT-i for short. There are many different ways to get CBT-i, for example: We can read it in a book;…
We focus a lot on what we do before going to bed because we like to make ourselves feel like we’re doing something that is going to quickly lead to results. An example of this are evening routines. There isn’t much evidence to support most of the hints and tips that you might have for…