Sleep compression and restriction is also used as a treatment for insomnia. From the sleep foundation (not a great source, but I think this is an OK as a description of the technique):
Sleep restriction and compression: These two methods aim to improve sleep quality and quantity by reducing the amount of time a person lies in bed. A CBT-i practitioner can use records from a patient’s sleep diary to determine how much time they sleep each night compared to the amount of time they lie in bed awake. Sleep restriction involves a sharp curtailing of time in bed while sleep compression is a more gradual process, but both techniques are intended to achieve the same goal: less time in bed awake each night.
I think this highlights that we need to distinguish between “spending more time in bed” and “getting more sleep.” More on this later.
Sleep compression and restriction is also used as a treatment for insomnia. From the sleep foundation (not a great source, but I think this is an OK as a description of the technique):
I think this highlights that we need to distinguish between “spending more time in bed” and “getting more sleep.” More on this later.