Hypnosis for Sleep
Hypnosis for Sleep
Hypnosis for sleep has been effective, especially when combined with cognitive-behavioral treatments. You can finally get to sleep and stay asleep. Then wake up refreshed the next morning.
Sleep is a rather complex activity involving the disengagement with the environment. You may be familiar with the concept of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. This is the dream state. It typically lasts from a few minutes to an hour or more. The first REM cycle normally starts about 90 minuets after falling asleep. You normally experience four or five REM periods separated by non-REM (nREM) periods each night. A new REM period typically starts every 1.5 hours.
Sleep Disturbances
There are several types of sleep disturbances. The first of these is chronic primary insomnia or difficulty in falling asleep. Awakening during the night with difficulty falling asleep again is another disturbance. Early awakening with difficulty falling asleep is another type of sleep disturbance. Some people also experience non-periodic sleep cycles, for example where the first REM cycles starts immediately after falling asleep.
The difficulty in falling asleep is typically characterized by a state of hyperarousal or cognitive overactivity. Here the individual is thinking about problems or difficulties that cause excessive anxiety. This generates worries and fears that do not promote sleep. Instead of sleeping, you are intensely thinking about a problem.
Hypnosis for Sleep as a Solution
Because of the many varied causes of sleeplessness, it is difficult to perform a large controlled research study. Each case often requires some individual attention related to the cause of the anxiety that keeps one awake. Some people are concerned about an illness they have contracted. Others are concerned about family problems. Yet others are worried about work related situations.
Hypnosis for sleep can help treat and overcome specific anxieties as well as provide suggestions that encourage a person to properly prepare for sleep and to experience relaxation that leads to sleep as soon as they get into bed.
In addition to hypnosis for sleep, cognitive-behavioral treatments help measure sleep activities as well as prepare individual for sleep. A sleep diary that records sleep and awake periods during the night is helpful to define the type and extent of the sleep problem. It can also help measure progress during and after treatment. During treatment the individual is taught about sleep rituals or sleep hygiene that prepare the mind and body for sleep. These preparations can include not eating or drinking close to bedtime, unwinding from the day’s activities perhaps by listening to soothing music (rather than rap music), not engaging in excitable activities (like vigorous exercise or watching horror films), getting into bed at the same time each night, awakening at the same time each morning, as well as the use of coping models to help reduce daily anxieties.
Many people choose to try a generic hypnosis for sleep tape or CD as an initial test of hypnosis. This works for the majority of people and can provide peaceful sleep for many months, if not years.
Others will need a more directed approach they can only get by working directly with a hypnotherapist. In your first meeting with the hypnotherapist you can discuss your specific problem and develop specific suggestions that will be most helpful in your hypnosis for sleep session. Then working with your hypnotherapist over a series of sessions, usually 2 to 6 sessions, you can build up the suggestions and address any additional issues as they arise.
Hypnosis Downloads
This Hypnosis for Sleep hypnosis download has been very helpful to many people and will probably help you, too. Don’t lay awake another night.
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