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#111 - Sleep Schedules and Insomnia: Wasting the Dawn

Aug 05, 202429 min
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Episode description

We often talk about the amount of sleep individuals need creates confusion for insomnia patients. In this episode we dive deeper into this concept with a way in which to think about sleep need. In this episode we will:

  • Revisit sleep need 
  • Understand why 8 hours is not right more many individuals
  • Touch on the complicated nature of determining how much sleep one needs to sleep
  • Define the "Good Night Rebound Bias"
  • Learn how perception impacts sleep
  • Describe how sleep journals can be made into more powerful tools for sleep need
  • Learn how to calculate a Internight Sleep Variability Score

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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