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Hello there, everyone. Can I ask you a question? Did you get a good night's sleep last night?

Are you now feeling bright and rejuvenated by a deep slumber? Or did you toss and turn and lie awake in bed all night?

For me, I've got a six-month-old baby, so I think you can imagine what

my sleep is like at the moment, but today we're going to be delving into insomnia in one of

our special editions of Inside Health. It's one where you've sent in all of your questions

you've been getting in touch over the last few weeks. I have a trio of experts just waiting

to answer them. So wake-, waky, you lot?

Hello. Hi James. So we're going to find out when poor sleep becomes something that's

damaging our health, why we get insomnia, when we should get help, whether it's actually just

something we're stuck with. Let's meet our sleep crew. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to

get you to introduce yourselves. And at the same time time tell me what it is you do when you can't sleep.

Hi James. I'm Faith Orchard. I'm a lecturer in psychology at the University of Sussex.

When I can't sleep, it's normally because my brain is a bit wired and I'm overthinking.

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