Name: Laura Mauler's review of The Sleep Solution by W. Chris Winter
Item: The Sleep Solution
Rating: 5
Author: Laura Mauler

W. Chris Winter

Draws on cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques in a guide to understanding what contributes to sleep problems and how to minimize medication dependency, sharing coverage of subjects ranging from insomnia and sleep apnea to restless leg syndrome and circadian sleep disorders.

Why Your Sleep is Broken and how to Fix it

The Sleep Solution

Fady Heshmat

From the man dubbed the ‘Sleep Whisperer’ comes a brand-new approach to fixing your sleep, once and for all. Challenging the reader to take control and to stop hiding behind excuses for a bad night’s sleep, neurologist W. Chris Winter explains the basic, often-counterintuitive rules of sleep science. Dr Winter explores many revolutionary findings, including surprising solutions for insomnia and other sleep disturbances, empowering readers to stop taking sleeping pills and enjoy the best sleep of their lives. Written in a clear and entertaining way, The Sleep Solution contains tips, tricks, exercises, and illustrations throughout. Dr Winter is an international expert on sleep and has helped many thousands of patients — including professional athletes — rest better at night. Now, he’s ready to help you.

why your sleep is broken and how to fix it

Laura Mauler

What this book gave me is confidence. I can sleep, I do sleep - sometimes with difficulty, but that's ok. The book begins by describing exactly what happens when a human sleeps, with the intention of defanging the beast by demystifying it; this was extremely effective for me. Once the ins and outs of sleep are addressed, the author goes on to talk about what he calls "sleep hygiene". This involves setting up an environment that is conducive to sleep, and then changing how you feel about that space and the act of sleeping. The latter point really resonated with me because I had been feeling dread whenever bedtime was approaching since I assumed I would have a tough time sleeping. I found these early chapters extremely helpful. There are more chapters which discuss insomnia (hint: it's not what you think it is), more exotic sleeping disorders, sleep studies, and sleeping medications (hint: they hurt more than they help). These later chapters weren't covering anything I had trouble with, but I found them very interesting to read regardless.

One of the most helpful analogies from the book was when the author compared appetites and sleeping. He pointed out that if it is mealtime and we aren't hungry, it's no big deal for us to skip a meal because we know that another appetite, another meal, is around the corner. However if we have a bad night's sleep, or even miss that night's sleep entirely, we are likely to start worrying that something is wrong with us. We quickly lose faith that another good sleep is around the corner, and this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. 

Highly, highly recommend.

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