Psychologies

Train yourself

reparing your for sleep is just as important as preparing your body. While physical symptoms such as night sweats or needing the toilet can wake us up in the night, it’s usually our brains that stop us from falling back to sleep easily. So important is the stress-sleep cycle that the NHS is now recommending people with difficulty sleeping try a sleep app over medication. Apps such as Stella and Sleepio use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques to help you increase your ‘sleep drive’ by training

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