Insomnia: How to Reclaim Your Lost Sleep

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129 pages

A calm, practical guide for anyone who spends their nights staring at the ceiling, struggling to fall asleep, or waking repeatedly in the middle of the night with no idea how to get back to sleep. The book first explains how sleep actually works in your body — sleep cycles and stages, your circadian rhythm, and the difference between transient and chronic insomnia that genuinely needs intervention — before moving to the most scientifically powerful tool for treating chronic insomnia: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), walked through step by step: sleep restriction, stimulus control, cognitive restructuring, and relaxation and breathing exercises. You'll also find: a full breakdown of caffeine and alcohol's real effect on your sleep, the precise scientific truth behind screens and blue light, how to set up an ideal bedroom, when sleep medication is genuinely necessary versus when it becomes a trap, and dedicated chapters on insomnia in women (the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, menopause), in children and teens, and in older adults. The book also covers special cases often left out elsewhere: insomnia tied to work stress, to travel and time-zone changes, to fasting, to depression, and to trauma and grief — alongside a chapter on spiritual calm and its role in easing sleep, and practical appendices including a weekly sleep diary, the most common mistakes people make, and a full applied case study from start to finish. A book for anyone who wants to rebuild a calm, reassuring relationship with sleep — not spend their life afraid of the night. Your complete, step-by-step guide to sleeping the way you used to.