Dawn uses CBT-I, a scientific, evidence-backed form of therapy that explores the connection between thinking patterns, our behavior, and the way we think about certain situations. Treating insomnia is easier than you might think, and it doesn’t have to involve pills. Left untreated, it can lower job productivity or school performance, slow down your reaction times, increase your risk of mental health disorders, and generally decrease your quality of life. It’s important to take insomnia seriously.
You can get a lot of sleep on paper, but if you’re having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, you can still have insomnia.
In fact, around half of people with insomnia sleep for at least 6 hours every night. Contrary to popular belief, insomnia doesn’t always mean not sleeping enough. Insomnia symptomsĪre you counting sheep to go to sleep? Do you wake up multiple times during the night and struggle falling back asleep? Do you wake up tired in the morning, even if you slept for eight hours, and feel irritable and tired during the day? You may have insomnia. Perpetuating factors are those habits that one develops in order to try to sleep normally again these habits are intended to promote sleep but end up interfering instead. Precipitating factors are what trigger one’s first nights of sleeplessness, like an illness or a stressful event. Examples of a predisposing factor are genetics or pre-existing concerns these are the factors that are outside of our control and are there prior to the onset of sleep problems. Spielman’s 3 P’s Model categorizes the causes of insomnia into predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors as a way of understanding how insomnia develops. Insomnia affects around 35% of adults, and it can be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term). Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which you have trouble falling and staying asleep – even when you give your body adequate opportunities for sleep.