Tips to Stop Insomnia and Get Back to Sleep Make an Appointment Ask a Question Search Conditions At the National Jewish Health Sleep Center, insomnia expert Jack Edinger, PhD, helps insomniacs by getting them out of bed. Your bed should be associated with successful sleep, so when you are troubled by insomnia, he suggests getting out of bed and going to another area of your home. When you are tired, go back to your bed and sleep should come easier. Related Videos Sleepless? 5 Expert Tips to Help You Get Sleepy What Is Insomnia and How Does It Affect You? Long Term Effects of Insomnia on Health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Helps Treat Insomnia Is Your Teen Getting Enough Sleep? Study: After Watching Disturbing Video, CPAP Usage Soars Is My Snoring Dangerous? Video Transcript What we have people do is when they're wide awake and they're not sleeping, not to struggle in bed. We don’t want the bed and the bedroom to be a place where they torture themselves and agonize and actually raise their arousal that will block sleep from coming back. So we have them sort of get out of situation, go to another room, do something relaxing for a while and when they’re actually sleepy, try again. So we’re trying to pair the bed with successful sleep attempts, not working at it and struggling. Want to use this on your website? Fill out the content usage request form and then copy this code: