Insomnia and Sleep Problems
Insomnia and sleep problems are often caused by stress and anxiety as well as many other individual factors. In most cases, insomnia can be viewed as a bad habit and like all bad habits can be unlearned and replaced with a good habit i.e. falling asleep easily and enjoying a proper night's sleep every night.
General information on insomnia and sleep problems
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Hypnotherapy can help with getting to sleep by:
§ Re-educating your mind to expect to enjoy a good night's sleep
§ Teaching new relaxation techniques to help your mind and body to slow down at the end of the day. Sleeping becomes much easier in this state.
§ Helping you to learn techniques to remove some of the noise from a racing mind. Insomnia and most sleep problems are a very modern phenomenon and representative of the pace of modern life
§ Helping you to understand some of the causes of insomnia and sleeping problems.
Generally, hypnotherapy clients' sleep problems fall into two categories. The first is simply not being able to fall asleep at night. The second involves waking up at an inconveniently early hour and not being able to fall asleep again. Learning effective self-hypnosis skills can help you to significantly improve your sleep patterns and can help with indirect effects of insomnia and sleep problems such as daytime anxiety and bruxism (teeth grinding during the night).
It is recommend that you make use of the free self hypnosis guide you will be given as a part of your therapy and take the time and effort necessary to become skillful at this. It will be worth it! The moments before sleep are scientifically measurable as 'hypnotic'. If you can learn to achieve this comfortable, daydreamy state at will, you will become a sleep expert. Imagine the benefits this will bring to your daily life - more energy and enthusiasm, better health, confidence and motivation.
Chronic insomnia and sleep disorders
Many people experience a bad night's sleep for various reasons, commonly because they have something on their mind. However, if your sleeping problems continue for more than a couple of days at a time, you must go and see a doctor, to check that your sleeplessness isn't a more serious condition requiring medical treatment.
Important note: If you are feeling unwell in any way, or if you are having problems sleeping for more than a few days, you should visit your GP or Medical ADviser in the firat instance to seek their help and advice.