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I have insomnia, but not the kind that means I struggle to fall asleep (in fact, the speed and ease with which I nod off at night put me off seeking help for years). Instead, the problem happens in the wee hours of the morning. It reaches roughly 3am, and my body wakes me up – a common enough process, …

Even though I have insomnia, my issue doesn’t actually lie in getting to sleep. Nope – I nod off just fine. My problem is staying in dreamland; more often than not, I wake up at 3am and simply cannot get back to sleep. There are things I’ve learned to do to cope with the problem. “Clock blocking”, refusing to stay …