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View larger version | Certain traits make a person more susceptible to insomnia, which can be initiated by illness, other stresses or distressing events. As short-term insomnia becomes chronic, perpetuating factors, such as napping, play a greater role in insomnia’s severity than the initial triggers. Credit: Source: Erman/Primary Psychiatry 2007

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