Since December I’ve had a new high level of insomnia. It normally takes me a few hours to fall asleep, but now it takes me twice as long. I’m a massive believer in bedtime mode and usually set strict limits to prevent myself from scrolling on my phone, but even now, I have broken my own rules. I started sleeping with another phone again, one that is a bit more devoid of apps, but has enough on it that I can still access some emergency meditation features. I decided to try something more tactful to help me sleep better. I turned my Google Pixel into a sleep coach — it is surprisingly working. Inside bedtime mode, you’ll see a chart of your screen time, along with your snoring and coughing statistics for the week. Checking this showed that I was somehow coughing less, partly because I had turned down the heat before bed and was wearing cooler clothing. While there are definitely some third-party apps that do the trick better, I didn’t want to enable my microphone permissions and give media access to ones I didn’t trust — or get suckered into freemium options. The app uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), which is an evidence-based psychotherapy for treating insomnia. The main use is to help deal with serious chronic insomnia suffered by military members and veterans. Though the National Center for PTSD page says the app should not be used for self-care and instead recommends another app, Insomnia Coach, for personal use, I still found that CBT-I worked well for what I used it for, and to me, the apps were similar. The reason is that it is an app designed for therapy and should be used under professional guidance. But I didn’t let this deter me from trying it out. What I liked about it was the sleep diary and sleep goals section, which helped me figure out other ways to fix it. It was a good way to be more aware of how bad my insomnia was and ways I can try fixing it.
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My Phone Is Officially A Sleep Coach And I Am Finally Getting Eight Hours
