The investigation compares 136 insomniacs with 102 healthy controls with respect to their coping strategies. Coping strategies are evaluated with the questionnaire FKBS. This questionnaire measures 5 different coping strategies: TAS--turning against subject; TAO--turning against object; REV--reversal; PRN--prinzipialisation; PRO projection. Insomniacs seem to react less aggressive than healthy controls. They also show less projections, i.e. they do not believe in a hostile intention of a situation or a counterpart. These differences could be shown on the level of behaviour as well as experience. With the personality traits of the FPI (Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar FPI-R) there are some significant correlations. Finally there exists also a correlation between the strategy TAS and the incidence and intensity of depressive symptoms (i.e. state-variabels).