Our identity as either a good sleeper or a bad sleeper plays an outsized role in the development and persistence of insomnia in individuals. In this episode, we will:
- Explore the origins of our sleep identity
- List the common ways individuals decide whether or not they are "good sleepers"
- Introduce the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS) Scale, and how its components offer insight into the dysfunctional thinking that often characterizes insomnia
- Contrast the use of the DBAS with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
- Consider how the ESS helps to identify drive to sleep and what that means to have a high, or a low drive.
- Strategize how to use elements of the DBAS and the ESS to begin to construct a new foundation for sleep identity, an identity that is one of a good sleeper.
Produced by: Maeve Winter
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