For those with chronic insomnia, just four to six sessions of CBT can work better than pills, with fewer side effects, multiple small studies suggest.

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It was the act of restoring a wrecked house in Connecticut with her ex-husband Andy that steered Ms Stewart, a workaholic fuelled by ambition and chronic insomnia, towards homemaking as a career.

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While individuals vary in how long they can tolerate chronic stress, research shows it sharply increases the risk of insomnia, chronic disease and early death.

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They experience higher incidents of alcoholism, anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue and insomnia.

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"Usually a negative life event causes the insomnia, but catastrophizing, negative thinking and worrying make the insomnia become chronic, " says Sivertsen.

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