Michael A. Grandner

researcher

  1. There's only really one cause of chronic insomnia, and that's there's a switch that flips from short term insomnia to chronic insomnia. And that switch is all around the concept of a conditioned arousal.
    Michael Grandner · FoundMyFitness · #107 Why You Can't Sleep (and How to Fix It) | Dr. Michael Grandner · 2025-10-02
  2. When sleep becomes predictably stressful, think of something else in your life that's predictably stressful. You go to the dentist's office, nothing has happened yet, you're already in this heightened state of arousal.
    Michael Grandner · FoundMyFitness · #107 Why You Can't Sleep (and How to Fix It) | Dr. Michael Grandner · 2025-10-02
  3. Sleep is not something that you do. Sleep is something that happens to you when the situation allows for it. That's a concept I borrowed from a colleague of mine, Lindsay Shaw.
    Michael Grandner · FoundMyFitness · #107 Why You Can't Sleep (and How to Fix It) | Dr. Michael Grandner · 2025-10-02