A few bad nights are normal; from some point on, bad nights become a fixed pattern. Where is that line?
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Five signs that your insomnia has become chronic
A few bad nights are normal; from some point on, bad nights become a fixed pattern. Where is that line?
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Almost everyone knows bad nights: thoughts that will not come, waking at three, sleep that runs out before morning. The problem begins when that pattern runs three nights running and then continues for three weeks.
Where is the line?
Chronic insomnia means trouble falling asleep and trouble staying asleep — three or more nights a week, for three months in a row, with visible consequences at work and in relationships.
The thing most clients do not know: in most cases the main problem is not sleep but **worry about** sleep. The harder you try to sleep, the worse you sleep, and the cycle is complete.
Three things that genuinely help
What you can try tomorrow
Fix your waking time this week — even after a bad night. Not your bedtime. Go outside for half an hour after waking and take in daylight; it is the one thing that shifts your body clock.
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In short
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«I thought I had to try harder at night. Then I realised the harder I tried, the worse I slept.»
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Written by Niloufar Rostami
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