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The Best Remedy for Insomnia Is the One You Haven’t Tried

Most people do exactly the wrong thing during a bout of sleepless nights

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5 min readDec 3, 2020

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Stress and worry are major insomnia triggers, and so it’s hardly a surprise that the pandemic has set off a wave of lost sleep. Earlier this year, research in the journal Sleep Medicine found that the…

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Markham Heid
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I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.