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Stimulus Control and the Empty Bed
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Day 4 of sleep restriction. Grace is so tired she cries in the hospital parking lot before her shift. Fifteen minutes of tears in a Honda Civic. She texts her sister: "This protocol is torture." Her sister texts back: "Then stop." Grace texts: "I can't. It's working." Because here is the thing nobo...
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In this lesson you will learn:
- Stimulus control breaks the bed-wakefulness association through five specific rules (Bootzin, 1972)
- Go to bed sleepy not tired; leave after 15-20 minutes of wakefulness; fixed wake time daily
- Living alone makes the protocol harder —tell someone so you are not doing this in isolation
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