What
causes sleep disorders?
If your
day is full of excitement with the anticipation of a coming
event, your sleep may be interrupted. Occasional insomnia
is rarely a problem because once the event is over, your sleep
returns to normal.
If you
have a difficult day and problems are not resolved, you may
find sleep elusive. Worry, anxiety or depression can disrupt
your sleep. You may find you can go to sleep, but you are
awakened in the night and cannot get back to sleep. The less
sleep you get, the more you may worry, and sleep seems to
become impossible.
Are
there other causes of insomnia?
Your
sleep can be disrupted by any number of external things. What
happens right before your bedtime? Are you having one last
cup of coffee or tea? Is this when you finally get to exercise?
Have you been doing work that needs all of your mental concentration?
Is this the time that arguments happen? Do you watch the news
or disturbing programs or movies just before bedtime? Some
of these may apply to you. If you take a nap during daylight
hours, your nighttime sleep can be affected. Also, insomnia
may be caused by something from the past. If this is a possibility,
then a qualified hypnotherapist can get to the source, and
release the causal imprints.
How
can hypnosis help?
Sleep
problems respond well to hypnosis. With some specific guidance,
you'll be able to give yourself the suggestions needed for
a full and restful sleep. You'll learn how to give yourself
permission to relax and enjoy restful sleep. You'll learn
new ways to return to sleep if you are awakened during the
night. Hypnosis can help you discover ways to relax daily
and give you tools to help ignore other noises or disturbances
that can be disruptive.
I
work graveyard and have to sleep during the day. It's almost
impossible. How can hypnosis help?
Hypnosis
can provide help, no matter when you need to sleep. With your
therapist, you'll take an inventory of your surroundings and
habits and find the things that you are able to change in
the physical environment. Once those are identified, you can
work on the tools you need to fall asleep and stay asleep
for the length of time you need. You can sleep and not be
exhausted.
Whatever
happened to counting sheep or drinking warm milk to get to
sleep?
For some
people, those are great temporary solutions. But if your sleep
is disturbed often over a long period of time, counting sheep
and drinking warm milk may be tools that aren't working anymore.
With your therapist, you'll learn some simple tools to help
you set aside the day's worries and anxieties so you can sleep
deeply, and give both your body and your mind the rest they
need. Even if you're not at all confident that you can put
yourself into sleep mode hypnosis can overcome your uncertainty
and give you the confidence you need to take care of yourself.
Refreshed by a good sleep, you'll handle a new day's work
with renewed energy and focus.
"The more
I am sleeping, the less anxiety I feel and the less panic
I have upon waking." (Librarian) |
