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How to Cure Insomnia: a Complete Guide

15 causes of insomnia with science-based solutions for every symptom so that you get the sleep you deserve. it’s up to you to decide which treatments to try first.

John Fawkes
Better Humans
31 min readJan 17, 2019

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Learn to sleep as well as this Orange Tabby (source)

The thing about sleep is that it’s highly prone to the “nod and shrug effect.” That is, it’s the kind of thing that everyone agrees is important, but when you tell people about it, they tend to agree, then do nothing. It’s easy to think of sleep as only a small factor in our overall health, but nothing could be further from the truth.

In fact, sleeping well is one of the biggest factors that impacts our life expectancy. Just as we spend one-third of our lives asleep (hopefully), so we should probably be thinking of sleep as about one-third of what makes us healthy.

I’ve worked through my own issues with insomnia. Additionally, as a personal trainer and online health coach, I’ve helped other people tackle their sleep issues. Some have had trouble getting to sleep, some have had trouble staying asleep, and some just haven’t been finding enough time to sleep.

Regardless, all of them have been unhappy, low on energy, falling out of shape, and having trouble focusing during the day due to problems related to both quantity and quality of…

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John Fawkes
John Fawkes

Written by John Fawkes

Los Angeles-based freelance writer, photographer and marketing consultant. https://johnfawkes.substack.com/

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