#111 - Sleep Schedules and Insomnia: Wasting the Dawn

Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter

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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Thanks for listening and sleep well!