26/11/2025
“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐭.
Yes — it sounds unusual. But it’s true for many people struggling with sleep.
𝐈𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲:
𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
“𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.”
“𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘺𝘮… 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 8 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴?”
They are partially right — sleep matters.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩.
𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩–𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚.
And real life shows us something interesting:
✅ Marriage functions:
We sleep late, wake up early — yet handle all responsibilities the next day.
✅ Long work shifts:
Many professionals (doctors, IT teams, founders) work 24–36 hours straight and still deliver.
✅ High performers:
Many successful people consistently sleep 5–6 hours and function well.
✅ Exam days:
Students often barely sleep a night before — yet still perform in the exam.
So what does this tell us?
Your body is more resilient than your mind thinks.
It can manage occasional poor sleep.
It recovers naturally.
It knows what to do.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 “𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩.”
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.
That’s exactly what CBT-I teaches:
• Spend around 8 hours in bed — not all day
• Don’t chase perfect sleep
• Don’t try to force it
• Don’t over-monitor it
When pressure drops, sleep improves on its own.
