Mimic the Benefits of Sleep—Even When You Have Insomnia

January 26th, 2010 admin

I love to sleep. But if sleep loves me, it’s fickle. When I had chronic insomnia , sleep ran off around 3 a.m. most nights, doing who knows what. Meanwhile I rearranged pillows, wrote down troubles, tried a dozen cures, answered e-mails, or hoped to force sleep by aerobic resting. Needless to say, nothing worked—until I learned to accept myself and my insomnia. Instead of fighting insomnia, I…


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