You lie in bed getting more and more frustrated because yet again, you can’t sleep. Or if you’re lucky enough to fall asleep, you know that you’ll soon be awake again. Night after night of listening to the silence, or perhaps even worse, the sound of a ticking clock. Everyone else is asleep, but you’re not and you’ve got to get up again in a few hours’ time. So you start getting more stressed out, which just makes things worse. Maybe you decide to read a book or perhaps make yourself a drink. Except that it doesn’t work and now you’re wide awake again. Then you start thinking about all the things you’ve got to do tomorrow and wondering how you’ll cope because you’re so tired. And so it goes on…
There are many reasons why we sometimes experience difficulty in sleeping at night. Stress is often one of the main causes, but other things such as noises in the background, the room being too hot or too cold, an uncomfortable bed, pain or having too much caffeine from drinks such as tea and coffee just before going to bed, can all make it more difficult to fall asleep.
Insomnia can be a vicious circle of stress, not sleeping, getting stressed about not sleeping and becoming more tired, which then causes more stress. Hypnotherapy can help you to break the cycle by addressing the cause and teaching techniques to help you relax, manage stress and get a better night’s sleep.