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Sleeping Disorders - Insomnia67% of American adults experience insomnia symptoms on a regular basis and over a million and a half pounds of tranquilizers are consumed annually! Yet, in today's hectic world we tend to sleep 20% less then our ancestors did, which can cause serious health problems. During restful sleep our immune system re-charges its strength and gets empowered by glands and bone-marrow. Commercial sleeping pills lose their effectiveness in 3-5 days and disturb natural inner metabolic processes and sleep patterns. However, the good news is that one good night's sleep repairs fatigue and with the help of stress reduction techniques such as hypnosis, good sleeping patterns are established. Insomnia issues are addressed on both mental and physical levels with the use of herbal, dietary and life support therapies as well as establishing a healthy mind-set towards sleeping. It is vitally important to evaluate sleeping disorders to establish the etiologic contributors. There are a proportion of clients whose sleep is disturbed by: Cognitive over activity and conditioned habit patterns incompatible with sleep (compulsive worrying, obsessive daily analyses, planning for future events, reading, watching TV) Central nervous system excitation (anxiety, tension) Underlying unconscious conflicts, unresolved emotional complexes, fears and past experiences Some of the hypnosis therapeutic strategies may involve:
Behavioral techniques of stimulus control are discussed and implemented, since they are proven efficient. Having a restful goodnight sleep is an inborn right and ability for each of us and utilizing mind-body approach should bring us back to these natural healthy sleeping patterns, just like a newborn baby.
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