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Trying to control sleep can trigger anxiety that actually keeps us awake.
Sleep is an active biological process that restores the brain and body overnight.
Popular rules like “needing eight hours” or “catch-up sleep” often make insomnia worse.
CBT-I can help people rebuild natural sleep patterns without medication.
Written by Helen Macdonald
We’ve all been there—staring at the ceiling, calculating how many hours of sleep we’ll get if we fall asleep right now, and feeling the mounting anxiety of being exhausted all day tomorrow if we don’t. In a world increasingly obsessed with productivity and healthy lifestyles, sleep has become a source of stress rather than the restorative process it’s meant to be.
But what if the secret to better sleep isn’t trying harder, but rather learning to trust an automated biological process?
Sleep Is a “Switch-On” Button
Contrary to the popular belief that sleep is a “switch-off” button or a period of simple oblivion, it is actually a highly active state, some might say a “switch-on” button.
That is because while you are “out of the way” sleeping, your brain is busy performing vital repair work, regenerating cells, clearing toxic waste,........