“I work nights. This helped me sleep in the day”

Priya is a fictional member, but her story is typical of the questions we get.

“I’ve worked nights on a hospital ward for six years. Getting home at 8am wired, with the sun up, I’d lie in bed for hours.

What helped wasn’t one big thing. It was a routine: sunglasses on the drive home, blackout curtains, phone in the kitchen, and ten minutes of long out-breaths before I even tried to sleep. I use the wind-down video most days.

I still have rough days. But I fall asleep faster, and when I wake up mid-sleep I don’t panic about it any more. I just breathe and wait.”