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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Topic
Insomnia
Time in bed is compressed to match time actually asleep, then widened week by week as efficiency climbs. It is counter-intuitive by design and explained as such in sessio
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