If you struggle to fall asleep or fall back to sleep due to sleeprelated worry and anxiety, paradoxical intention therapy may be helpful.

Many people with chronic insomnia struggle to sleep because of the pressure they put themselves under to sleep. Unfortunately, as soon as we try to sleep, we make sleep more difficult.

Paradoxical intention techniques can remove this performance anxiety by encouraging you to try staying awake rather than trying to fall asleep. This eliminates sleep effort and actually make sleep more likely.

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