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Anxiety and insomnia often go hand in hand. But is anxiety the only cause of your insomnia? Being screened by a medical doctor is very important. This post reviews the five major areas of medical issues that impact insomnia and also provides a checklist of what to bring to your doctor appointment.

Many people think insomnia is diagnosed based on how many hours you sleep. But it is not. Here's the actual criteria for diagnosis.

Do you worry about how much sleep you get? We have been told for years that we need eight hours of sleep every night — that if we get it, great, and if we do not, it is a major problem. Yet, worrying about this is making the problem worse! Insomnia is painful, and this post includes practical tips to help.

Struggling with anxiety and avoidance? Learn why avoiding uncomfortable situations reinforces fear, causes anxiety to spread, and how exposure therapy, fear extinction, and EMDR can help break the cycle.

Anticipatory anxiety shuts down our creative problem-solving, just when we need it the most. Here's the process to get it back. 4 steps to help anticipatory anxiety.

"Just stop thinking about it" doesn't work. However, the Attention Training Technique from Metacognitive Therapy has been shown to help lower anxiety and rumination.

Does your brain drive you nuts going over and over the same thing—the mistake you made, the difficult conversation you had....anything you are worried about? This is rumination and it is driven by the Default Mode Network of the brain. Understanding this can help you change.

Social anxiety often has a trauma root — understanding the connection can help you heal.

Overloaded and Overwhelmed? You are in the right place. Here's help.