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#154 - Sleep and the Threat of Danger: I Won’t Do You No Harm
Manage episode 486324465 series 3365942
One of the biggest obstacles in insomnia treatment is the perceived threat of physical harm related to the sleep difficulty. It's a major cog in the insomnia-fear-arousal cycle. In this episode we will:
- Utilize two case studies to illustrate the disruption that fear of harm causes with insomnia recovery
- Discuss insomnia is a disorder of distress, not danger
- Talk about the lack of any evidence that acute sleep loss causes medical harm
- Challenge the catastrophizing that characterizes insomnia
- Contrast behavioral and cognitive therapies over medical therapies
Produced by: Maeve Winter
More
- Twitter: @drchriswinter
- IG: @drchriwinter
- Threads: @drchriswinter
- Bluesky: @drchriswinter
- The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child
Thanks for listening and sleep well!
156 episodes
Manage episode 486324465 series 3365942
One of the biggest obstacles in insomnia treatment is the perceived threat of physical harm related to the sleep difficulty. It's a major cog in the insomnia-fear-arousal cycle. In this episode we will:
- Utilize two case studies to illustrate the disruption that fear of harm causes with insomnia recovery
- Discuss insomnia is a disorder of distress, not danger
- Talk about the lack of any evidence that acute sleep loss causes medical harm
- Challenge the catastrophizing that characterizes insomnia
- Contrast behavioral and cognitive therapies over medical therapies
Produced by: Maeve Winter
More
- Twitter: @drchriswinter
- IG: @drchriwinter
- Threads: @drchriswinter
- Bluesky: @drchriswinter
- The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child
Thanks for listening and sleep well!
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