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Insomnia

Insomnia is the trouble falling or staying asleep that affects one in three adults — honest reviews, sleep hygiene field notes, and CBT-I science inside.

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A dim bedroom at 4:07 a.m., photographed from a low tripod angle at the…
Insomnia July 2026 · 5 min

What the Fecal Transplant Insomnia Trial Actually Showed — and What Happened When I Tried the Grocery-Store Version

The number that got my attention was fourteen. That's roughly how many percentage points of sleep efficiency a small randomized trial reported gaining in adults with chronic insomnia after a course of…

By Samuel Briggs · Read →
A photorealistic wide shot of a person sitting on the edge of an unmade…
Insomnia July 2026 · 9 min

Night Eating Syndrome Diagnosis and Definition: What Ten Weeks of CBT Actually Changed

Cognitive behavioral therapy for night eating syndrome spends almost no time on the eating. That is the thing nobody told me before I started, and it is the reason I am writing this.

By Claire Munroe · Read →
A photorealistic overhead shot of a woman lying awake in bed at 2 a.m…
Insomnia July 2026 · 5 min

Mindfulness for Sleep: What It Actually Does When You Can't Turn Your Brain Off

You have probably heard that the point of meditation is to empty your mind, and that a clear mind is a sleeping mind. It is a tidy story.

By Diane Norwood · Read →
A dimly lit bedroom captured at 3 a.m., a digital clock on the nightstand…
Insomnia July 2026 · 9 min

PTSD and Sleep: I Spent Six Weeks Testing What Actually Quiets the 3 A.M. Waking

If your sleep fell apart after something bad happened — a crash, a deployment, a loss, a night you don't talk about — and you've been treating it like ordinary insomnia, the connection between PTSD…

By James Hartley · Read →
A photorealistic overhead shot of a person lying awake in bed at 3 a.m…
CBT-I July 2026 · 5 min

The 70% Number: What Insomnia Treatment Actually Fixes

Here is a number you will run into if you spend an evening reading about insomnia treatment: about 70 percent.

By Marcus Webb · Read →
A photorealistic wide shot of a person lying awake in bed at 3 a.m…
CBT-I July 2026 · 5 min

Insomnia Treatment That Actually Works: What the Order of Operations Should Be

The most common insomnia treatment in America is a small oblong pill, and the second most common is a slightly larger one.

By Samuel Briggs · Read →