Sunday, February 26, 2012

Stimulus Control Therapy for Insomnia

The main goal in stimulus control therapy is to reduce the anxiety or conditioned arousal individuals may feel when attempting to go to bed. Specifically, a set of instructions designed to reassociate the bed/bedroom with sleep and to re-establish a consistent sleep schedule are implimented. These include: 

  • Going to bed only when sleepy
  • Getting out of bed when unable to sleep
  • Using the bed/bedroom only for sleep and sex (i.e., no reading, watching TV, etc)
  • Arising at the same time every morning
  • Avoiding naps.

- More Here (never ever let that parasitic idiot box inside the bedroom)


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