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Sam Gilbert's avatar

I like the idea of making one's brain relearn the association between bed and sleep.

ICYMI, Nick Littlehales' short book Sleep - drawing on experiences with optimizing athletes' performance - has some good insights.

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Faye's avatar

Hi Rory - have you come across David Baddiel's 6 part podcast Sleeping with David Baddiel .

He and neurologist/sleep expert Guy Leschener (sp?) try to solve his insomnia.

It's a good listen https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Sleeping-with-David-Baddiel-Podcast/B08GCD7SR3

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Rory Cellan-Jones's avatar

Hi Faye - have heard Guy on another World Service programme and he is a colleague of Michael Farquhar but I shall check this out...

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Ved's avatar

Hi Rory, thanks for the newsletter, always make a point of reading the posts. I find that triggering my most relaxing memories helps me when occasionally I have this problem. As you say, it's about calming the mind. In my case it's usually a memory lying on a beach in the warm sun with the waves lapping around...

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CC Hogan's avatar

The part about not trying to go to sleep unless you are actually sleepy made me think a bit.

I am single these days, and my bed has become my "nest." It is a comfortable place to sit and watch a movie, or do a bit of proof-reading (lots of that going on with 11 books to sort out), and so on.

But I now wonder if that is not such a good thing. Perhaps I need somewhere else to do those things, and then keep the bed just for sleeping.

I have other issues, physical ones, that are messing with my sleep, so there won't be a single, simple solution, but any improvement would be welcome!

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Mark's avatar

Hi Rory, A very interesting Newsletter. It would be interesting to see how effective therapy via an app is versus face to face sessions with a therapist. Maybe if you don’t get the results you hope for via the app you could try comparing it to sessions with a therapist.

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