Coaching practices for I've Already Cut the Caffeine Dimmed the Lights Bought the Blackout Curtains and the Cooling Mattress I Did Everything the Lists Told Me to and I'm Still Lying There Awake Starting to Wonder If Anything Actually Works

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• I’ve already cut the caffeine, dimmed the lights, bought the blackout curtains and the cooling mattress
• I bought the blue-light glasses everyone swears by and changed nothing else, and my sleep is exactly as bad
• When I can’t fall asleep I just stay there, lying in the dark willing it to happen for an hour or more
• My bedroom is a little too warm, there’s streetlight leaking in and a glowing clock and charger lights everywhere, and I’ve just been putting up with it
• I sit under bright overhead lights and screens right up until I crawl into bed, and then I’m surprised I don’t feel sleepy

Practices that may help

1. Use sleep hygiene as the foundation, not the cure
   Get the basics right (light, caffeine, temperature, schedule) but do not expect them alone to fix insomnia.
   CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Made Practical
2. Don’t over-rely on blue-light glasses
   Treat blue-light-blocking glasses as a weak, optional add-on, not the fix.
   The Digital Sunset
3. Get out of bed when you can not sleep
   Leave the bed after roughly 20 minutes of wakefulness to avoid reinforcing the awake-in-bed association.
   Stimulus Control for Sleep
4. Make the bedroom cool and dark
   A cool, dark, quiet room removes the signals that keep the brain in "day" mode.
   Sleep Hygiene That Actually Moves the Needle
5. Dim light in the evening
   Lower light intensity in the last hours before bed so the clock can wind down.
   Circadian Rhythm Optimization
6. Schedule a worry time earlier in the day
   Contain bedtime worry by giving anxious thoughts a specific earlier window, then postponing them at night.
   CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Made Practical
7. Keep screens out of the bedroom
   Reserve the bed for sleep so the space itself cues winding down.
   The Digital Sunset
8. Manage daytime sleepiness during the restriction phase
   Use strategic caffeine and brief naps to function safely during the first two weeks — without undermining the restriction.
   Sleep Restriction Therapy
9. Break the anxiety-about-sleep loop
   Interrupt the cycle where worrying about not sleeping becomes the main reason you can not sleep.
   Stimulus Control for Sleep
10. Box breathing as a sleep-onset tool
    Use the equal-cadence pattern in bed to lower arousal and shorten the time to sleep.
    Box Breathing, Made Practical

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