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How to sleep during a pandemic with Matt Walker

The TED Interview

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Sleeping Pills - Are They Really Getting You to Sleep?

Cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia is just as effective as sleeping pills in the short time. It can take between six to eight weeks to course correct, retrain the brain to good sleep. And you continue on with those benefits up to a year. Recent study is up to five years.

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