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Stimulus Control Plan

Retrain the bed → sleep association

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Stimulus control retrains the bed → sleep association. The rules are annoying and they work — bed is for sleep and sex, nothing else, and if you're awake, you get up.

Only get in bed when sleepy — not just tired.
If you can't fall asleep in ~20 minutes, get up.
Do something quiet and dull in dim light until sleepy, then return to bed.
Repeat as needed — even if it takes several trips.
Same wake time every day, weekends included.
No naps for now.
No phone, no work, no arguing in bed.
Which rule will be hardest for me, and how I'll troubleshoot it

References & further reading

Conceptual background and further reading, not validation of this handout. Named instruments and methods belong to their original authors; custom prompts and trackers are not validated versions of those instruments.

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