Insomnia Help & Treatment

Insomnia is a treatable condition, not a personal failing, and the first-line treatment is not a pill. These guides cover what chronic insomnia actually is, why trying harder to sleep makes it worse, and how cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia works — including the parts that feel wrong at first, such as getting out of bed when you cannot sleep and deliberately spending less time in it.

• The difference between a bad stretch of nights and insomnia that needs treating.
• Why sleep medication is usually a short-term answer, and what the alternatives do instead.
• What to expect from CBT-I week by week, and how long it takes to work.