Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
No holds barred, unscripted discussion on a wide range of sleep topics - from sleep disorders to current research and controversies in the field. No topic is off limits! Dr. Chris Winter is a clinician, a board certified neurologist and double boarded sleep specialist with 30 years of clinical experience. He is the author of The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child, and is a popular consultant and speaker, working for many professional sports teams. He is well known for his unique perspective and ability to demystify sleep, all of which he brings to Sleep Unplugged.
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
#154 - Sleep and the Threat of Danger: I Won’t Do You No Harm
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One of the biggest obstacles in insomnia treatment is the perceived threat of physical harm related to the sleep difficulty. It's a major cog in the insomnia-fear-arousal cycle. In this episode we will:
- Utilize two case studies to illustrate the disruption that fear of harm causes with insomnia recovery
- Discuss insomnia is a disorder of distress, not danger
- Talk about the lack of any evidence that acute sleep loss causes medical harm
- Challenge the catastrophizing that characterizes insomnia
- Contrast behavioral and cognitive therapies over medical therapies
Produced by: Maeve Winter
Music by: Dr. Abhinav Singh (@sleep_vigilante), all rights reserved
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Thanks for listening and sleep well!
