Coping With The Biggest Cause Of Insomnia
Author: Richard Adams

While insomnia is a reasonably common complaint this makes
it no less unpleasant for sufferers who lie awake for hour
after hour, physcially tired but unable to "switch off" and
fall asleep.

The most common cause for insomnia is stress and worry
about your everyday life. For example there may be problems
at work that are keeping you awake, or you may be having
financial difficulties. Maybe your partner is causing you
grief? Whatever happens we need to find a way for you to
isolate these thoughts and lock them away at will so that
you can sleep well and awake refreshed and rejuvenated.

The most powerful technique I have come across to help
combat this problem involves considerable self-examination.
Take the time whenever your mind starts to wonder in bed
and you feel unable to sleep to examine your thoughts and
take note of the issues that keep on cropping up.

After a week or so you should have a pretty comprehensive
list so put aside some time when you are reasonably awake
to be alone. This is "me time" and for best results you
should ensure that you are not disturbed so if necessary go
for a drive or a walk to escape the noise and mayhem of
everyday life.

You then need to explore each of your concerns, logically,
on paper. Look at the problem and how you might solve it.
Brainstorm solutions no matter how extreme they may be and
take the time to assess your solutions at length so that
after some time you start to feel somewhat calmer.

One thing that many people find is that actually facing the
stresses and strains of life head on in a positive,
problem-solving way will reap real benefits in creating
solutions.

There are two final stages to this puzzle now that you have
your list of problems and solutions.

Firstly, have the guts to start making those changes you
have devised. Only by doing this will you truly rid
yourself of these concerns and feel able to sleep properly.
With each problem that you cross off your list you will
find yourself becoming happier and less stressed. Life will
seem more colorful and enjoyable and with luck you will
find yourself better able to sleep at night.

Be aware that some solutions can take time to implement,
while others may unfortunately be physically impossible
which is where the final stage comes in - release. You need
to get into the habit every night before bed of going back
to your journal and noting down anything that has arisen
during the day that you feel is causing you stress.

Then leave it there.

Whilst it will take plenty of practise initially, make a
promise to yourself that once a problem is written down in
the book, you will not think about it again until the
following day.

Most often the problem will have solved itself by the end
of the next day, and if not then problems never seem so
quite bad in the cold light of day where you may realise
it's not so bad after all, or at worst you will be in a
better frame of mind to formulate a solution.


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