Less time in bed, not more
She came in for insomnia and was told to shorten her nights. Week two nearly ended it.
Tomas Ferreira · 4 Aug 2026
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Priya, 38
She came in for insomnia and was told to shorten her nights. Week two nearly ended it.
I stopped treating a bad night as a catastrophe,
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Marguerite, 57
Two weeks of recording showed she was sleeping ninety minutes more than she believed.
Two weeks of recording showed she was sleeping ninety minutes more than she believed.
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Anselm, 52
Replacing the laboratory night with a home kit cut the wait for a first result from months
They stopped being the front door,
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