Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) | Mental Health Webinar

That feeling of being really tired in the morning but not being able to sleep is really anxiety inducing, you close your eyes and feel tired but brain won’t go to sleep

My depression and anxiety goes away when I'm able to sleep well

I've been struggling with insomnia for 8 months. The practice of meditation has helped a lot, but did not solve the problem alone. After seeing this video, my anxiety got reduced by at least 50%. I was free to go about my day doing things because I found a clear path to heal. Thank you to all the people who took the time to investigate the problem and come up with these solutions.

I struggle with anxiety and insomnia. Meditation has been a great tool. Although my insomnia persists, meditation has helped me feel calm, more rested, and in a better mood despite lack of sleep. I suggest a meditation app or YouTube video with guided breathing. Thanks for this enlightening video. I'm hopeful. Peace and good luck to all watching this video.

These CONSTANT interruptions are just seriously annoying, I'm already grumpy because I can't ever sleep. She's the expert, let her do her presentation. Good information btw.

Thanks Neil for bringing in subject matter specialist - Dr. Runko. Its ws a complete info package and up to audience expectation.

What a presentation! Thank you very much for sharing this with us

My problem with bed restriction, is that many nights, I will eventually "fall asleep", meaning fall into the first phase between wakefullness and sleep, the lightest sleep possible, a non-restorative sleep... only.. it lasts for several hours, with dream-like thoughts. But I don't fall asleep properly, and I'm also not awake enough to keep track of time or get out of bed like one should. Eventally I "wake" up again and realize and feel, that I have not yet fallen into deeper sleep, and come morning, I also feel the effects: like I've pulled an all-nighter without any sleep, especially physically, my body feels like shit.

Thanks a lot for Dr. Virginia Runko's lecture, I've benefited a lot from it😄

I agree, the constant interruptions are not inly annoying but also super destructive to her presentation. Keep comments to the end.

Amazing! Best content about insomnia I've come across recently

Very informative video, thanks for sharing this. It helped me a lot to understand CBT-i. Wish I knew this stuff earlier.

It might just be metabolic, I was over exercising, under eating and not getting enough carbs which resulted in several nutritional deficiencies etc (thought I was being healthy at the time) unknowingly I was putting my body in a catabolic state which will cause the body to stay awake and alert, as it is meant to. Think about what you are doing and what messages you are sending to your central nervous system via the way you eat exercise and live...you might be putting your body in survival mode and its simply doing what its meant to be doing. It took me a long time to work out, I had put myself in a form of metabolic burn out. I did a sleep study, sleep hygiene, saw various sleep experts...they all missed this and the treatments offered were not relevant for what I was experiencing. I hope this helps some people out there, it can be very frustrating particularly when you don't know why it is happening.

Thank you so much Virginia. Such a fantastic evidence based presentation from a sleep expert. I feel hopeful and going to try CBT for my insomnia. Makes me happy to know of an drug free option with such high success.

I've struggled with insomnia since 2022 and now Ive started a new job working nights. I feel really tired right now but have to go to work at 11pm until 11am. I hope this sleep restriction works as it's still a struggle to sleep longer than an hour at the moment. Great video by the way, I'm sure I'm gonna watch this a number of times.

Wow. This doctor is brilliant!!

The best video I have watched on this topic so far.

Really enjoyed this presentation - very clear. As a physician I learnt lots of tips to pass onto patients.Thank you.

My WIFE, a sleep show-off, READS in bed and she gets drowsy and falls asleep. I READ in bed and get drowsy and fall asleep. My insomnia has me waking after 2-3 hours every night! CBT-I is my last hope.

Thank you for this