The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It

This book has saved my life!
I had suffered from hard insomnia for a better half of a decade and by the time I came by this book I was at my wit’s end. I already tried everything – seeing doctors, reading a dozen other books on sleep, acupuncture, meditation, herbal concoctions, you name it – and still, even thinking of going to bed (and having another sleepless torture of a night) was enough to get an anxiety attack.And after all hope of alleviating this condition was gone, I tried this book – and it changed everything. It’s been two months now, and I haven’t slept that well in years!To me, it is superbly written, as it mixes cutting edge science, tons of clinical experience of the author, with heaps of irreverent humor. You read that right- this book is FUNNY! And to me, that was the crucial element. I was so tortured by the experience of constant sleeplessness that at first reading a book which told me it wasn’t such a big deal, felt odd, but that was exactly what I needed to hear!The author convinced me to his arguments on an intellectual level, but then (and this was the hard part) made me live it on an emotional one, in large part thanks to the humorous approach. Nothing breaks through anxiety as good as a good laugh – and I was chuckling throughout most of this book.As it turns out, I didn’t need any new ‘information’ per se. If you have troubles sleeping (and would you be reading this review if you didn’t?) you probably already read a dozen other books and articles on sleep and heard all the Jeopardy-ready tidbits elsewhere. What is unique here is an author who was able to build trust with me and then sort of ‘flip the switch’ inside my brain that allowed me to sleep again. It allowed me to embrace the message that was not such a big deal – and it made my insomnia a thing of the past.When you go through sleepless hell, and you hear somebody say your insomnia is not a big deal you feel like driving up wherever the author is dwelling and dealing a hard on the head, but as it turns out – he was right. All my sleepless nightmare was self-made, and I had the power to let it go all that time, the only thing I needed was a trusted guide to get me through this, and to me, the author of this book was that guide.I went through the book twice – first on an Audible audiobook and then on a Kindle e-book. I was listening to it by night (to avoid light) and then reread the same chapters by day (to make it stick). What I found significant is that I read it on holidays, so my hotel bedroom was clear of bad memories of sleepless nights, and I was not burdened by work stressors, and during that break, I was able to build enough sleep-confidence that upon returning home the good sleep pattern came back with me. (I was afraid the first couple of nights that the improved sleep was just thanks to the holidays, and it won’t last, but it did!)Couldn’t be happier with this book!

Helpful
Great book. Easy read. My partner has significant sleep struggles and this book was helpful for us. It gave us some additional tools.

Spends too much time trying to be funny
The author spends a lot of time trying to be funny. The jokes aren’t even good and they end up obscuring key information.

Really helped me. I nearly thought I had a sleep disorder, but anything but- I’m actually quite a good sleeper, just a few tweaks here and there and above all not stressing. Love the humour and style of writing by Dr Winter, keeps the reader engaged.

I had severe sleeplessness for almost like 4 years. I was even on SSRIs But after reading this book and other self helpful book I have been sleeping like a baby and I am off of any medication don’t know it’s a coincidence or something else but I am in peace now.