Insomnia is not just about having difficulty falling asleep, it encompasses a variety of sleep issues that can affect your general health and well-being. It’s a condition that can manifest in several ways, making it a complex challenge to address.
For some people insomnia involves trouble falling asleep each night, often due to an overactive mind full of racing thoughts. Others may experience waking up multiple times throughout the night, which disrupts their rest and leaves them feeling tired and unrefreshed. For some, insomnia can involve early-morning waking, where you wake up too early and can’t get back to sleep, this leaves you feeling exhausted before the day has even begun.
These patterns can lead to fatigue, low mood, irritability, poor concentration and even depression. This could then impact your work, relationships, and general well-being.
While occasional sleeplessness can happen to anyone, chronic insomnia is defined by difficulty sleeping at least three times a week for three months or longer. This long-term disruption can be physically and emotionally draining, leading to a cycle of frustration that makes it even harder to fall asleep.
People with chronic insomnia may find themselves constantly worrying about their sleep, anticipating another night of restlessness. This cycle of sleep anxiety can increase the difficulty of falling asleep, as the fear of not sleeping intensifies stress and keeps you alert rather than relaxed.
Sleep should be an unconscious process which happens naturally, but for one reason or another this process becomes disrupted and an unatural viscous cycle sets in. Hypnotherapy is able to reset your body’s natural ability to sleep deeply, by focusing on both the mind and body to restore deep and restful sleep.
I offer a free 15 minute initial telephone call, so we can make sure hypnotherapy would be the right treatment for you, and give you the opportunity to get your questions answered.
