Our identity as either a good sleeper or a bad sleeper plays an outsized role in the development and persistence of insomnia in individuals. In this episode, we will:

• Explore the origins of our sleep identity
• List the common ways individuals decide whether or not they are "good sleepers"
• Introduce the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS) Scale, and how its components offer insight into the dysfunctional thinking that often characterizes insomnia 
• Contrast the use of the DBAS with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
• Consider how the ESS helps to identify drive to sleep and what that means to have a high, or a low drive. 
• Strategize how to use elements of the DBAS and the ESS to begin to construct a new foundation for sleep identity, an identity that is one of a good sleeper.

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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