It's hard to find insomnia without a healthy dose of fear or anxiety. Few individuals make an appointment to see a sleep specialist only to let them know that the situation is no big deal and frankly enjoyable.  Fear not only plays a huge role in the development and worsening of insomnia, it also offers an insight into a potential solution. In this episode we will:Review the incidence of anxiety in this country and the percentage of individuals diagnosed with anxiety who also have insomniaDefine anxiety and how it works in insomniaLook at the role fear plays both in insomnia and how it functions as a central target in CBTiConsider how some aspects of CBTi can often create fear as well as alleviate itLook at the insomnia cycle within social media and popular media and how it creates its own fearUnderstand the role of fear and the fear response amplitude within our neural circuitry as a potential risk factor for developing insomniaProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!