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Overcoming insomnia, with Prof Guy Leschziner

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The Effects of Sleep Retraining on Insomnia

Many people with insomnia try and spend longer in bed. This strengthens the association between bed and wake rather than sleep. One of the core features of CBTI is a protocol called sleep compression or sleep restriction. In Australia, they've developed a treatment called intensive sleep retraining. It aims to put you into a slightly sleep deprived state whereby it utilizes the brain's own mechanisms to drive sleep.

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