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#131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia

The tired and wired penotype is the phenomenon that i will often hear about. This is because of this stress or anxiety, biologically founded upon the fight or flight branch of the nervous system being switchedon too much. The first line recommended treatment for all people with chronic insomnia should actually be something called cognitive behavioral therapy - c b t i for sleep. And it's a whole set of different techniques that focus on the thinking, mentaling, mentalizing problem, and then the behavioal things that you're doing.

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