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What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

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What keeps you up at night? Pondering deep questions? Excitement about a big trip? Stress about unfinished work? What if the very thing keeping you awake was stress about losing sleep? This seemingly unsolvable loop is at the heart of insomnia, the world’s most common sleep disorder. So what is insomnia? And is there any way to break the cycle? Dan Kwartler details the science of insomnia.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Dan Kwartler
Director
Sharon Colman
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Composer
Miguel d'Oliveira
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Francisco Diez

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