Hypnotherapy for Insomnia & Sleep Deprivation
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In the modern world, many of us find ourselves constantly stressed, rushing from one task to another while juggling the pressures of home and work. Much of our time may be spent in a distracted, and fragmented state of mind, accompanied by a sense of frustration, disillusionment and unhappiness with life. We may also have a constant flow of thoughts and emotions racing around, much of which can be very negative towards ourselves and our world. Despite an increased use of medications, rates of stress, anxiety and depression are on the rise.
Hypnosis gives you the life skills and strategies to create calm in your life. Our nervous system does not differentiate between real and pretend stress. When we believe we are stressed, this is simply the result of one system (the stress response) doing too much and the other system (our natural relaxation) doing too little because many of us don’t have the skills to regulate stress/anxiety we become overwhelmed and stuck. Hypnosis techniques are the distillation of what many of the worlds leading
What is insomnia?
Insomnia is defined as difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning.
Most of us will have experienced a disrupted sleep and will know how it feels when you can’t seem to fall asleep. It may be that you’re thinking about the next day or have had a coffee too near to bedtime. Perhaps you found it easy to fall asleep, but continue to wake up through the night. Either way, a rough sleep can leave you feeling drained and irritable the next day. Those who suffer from insomnia will experience these feelings regularly.
Symptoms of insomnia
Symptoms differ depending on individual circumstances. However, there are common symptoms, including:
Being awake for long periods at night.
Not being able to fall asleep.
Waking up several times during the night.
Waking up very early and being unable to get back to sleep.
Feeling tired and groggy the next morning.
Finding it difficult to concentrate or function properly.
Feeling irritable.
Hypnotherapy for insomnia
Hypnotherapy for insomnia can tackle any potential causes while helping you relax and drop off to sleep.
For example, if anxiety or depression is the source of your insomnia, hypnosis for sleep may complement your existing treatment. Overcoming these issues may then help to improve your sleeping pattern. Alternatively, if a habit is causing your insomnia (such as alcohol) hypnotherapy for insomnia can work to break this habit.
The worry, tension, and anxiety that may be keeping you from falling asleep fade away as the suggestions planted by hypnosis therapy help your mind and body relax and get the sleep you deserve.
An important part of hypnotherapy for insomnia is teaching you how to relax. For some people, physical or mental tension can make sleeping difficult. I use relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation to help reduce tension.
Often, I will teach you self-hypnosis. This can help you to develop a routine, as well as learn how to deal with your triggers causing the problem. Using hypnosis for insomnia at home will help you take the tools you’ve learnt in the session room into your everyday life.
The number of hypnotherapy sessions you’ll need will depend on your personal circumstances. Some people only need one session, while others may require deeper work. When suffering from insomnia for a long period of time, the patterns of sleep disturbances can become embedded in your subconscious. Hypnosis for insomnia aims to communicate with this and suggest positive changes. These suggestions will look to break the negative thought patterns causing the problem.
