Cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia addresses those thoughts that people have. The cognitive part of it is to ask people to step back a little bit and say, "You know what? If i don't sleep as well tonight, it's not the end of the world" A lot of people think that you fall asleep and you don't wake up in the morning if there's a bomb in the house until seven o'clock at night. You may just roll over and go back to sleep even though your body doesn't want to.
Dr. Judith Owens, the Director for the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Boston Children's Hospital, joins Adam this week to discuss sleep deprivation and mortality, the circadian clock of cells, jet lag tips and more. Plus, Judith answers burning sleep questions from the Factually! crew.
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