Refusal To Sleep Alone
Persistent difficulty or refusal to sleep without the presence of another person, often rooted in anxiety, attachment patterns, or trauma history.
Quick answer
Refusal to sleep alone (ICD-10: F93.0 in children, F41.1 in adults; ICD-11: 6B05) reflects anxiety, attachment difficulties, or trauma-related hyperarousal. Developmentally normal in young children; persistent patterns in older children and adults warrant therapeutic assessment.
Recognition
Do any of these feel familiar?
Children who will not settle without a parent in the room, waking and seeking parental presence through the night, significant parental sleep disruption.
What is Refusal To Sleep Alone?
Persistent difficulty or refusal to sleep without the presence of another person, often rooted in anxiety, attachment patterns, or trauma history.
Approaches Commonly Explored
Commonly explored for conditions related to Refusal To Sleep Alone, grouped by mechanism — select your subtype above to highlight the most relevant path.
How to use these approaches
Most people begin with Stabilise approaches, then progress toward Resolve and Sustain.
Cognitive patterns, emotional processing, and stress response.
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