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- Self-Hypnosis Insomnia Treatment
- By:Alan Densky
Are you getting into bed around the time that everyone else is getting up? It may be cold comfort to learn that you are among the 20 million Americans who endure insomnia. If a groggy head, dark circles and nights spent lying awake have become standard for you, a hypnosis insomnia program could bring the reprieve you long for.
No doubt you believe you've tried everything to fall asleep, including a alcohol, over-the-counter-sleep aids or even highly addictive prescription sleeping pills. All lead to the same outcome: You form a tolerance, your "sleep" is not restful and the following morning, you felt lethargic and drugged. Self-hypnosis insomnia therapy can bring safe, effective sleep with no side effects.
A lot of people incorrectly think that hypnosis is sleep. But effective hypnosis and NLP insomnia programs will only be effective if you are awake while in a deep state of relaxation. In the hypnotic state, your unconscious is more open and accepting to suggestions. In the most effective programs, post-hypnotic suggestions are given to your unconscious mind to remove stress and trigger a positive expectation of restful sleep. Hypnotherapy for insomnia is generally effective after the initial session because we tend to get what we expect, so you will sleep soundly all night long.
After thoroughly relaxing, the next step in self-hypnosis insomnia therapy is discovering what induces you to suffer from a sleep disturbance. Another crucial part of a hypnosis insomnia course entails looking small changes to your nightly ritual that will have the most significant effect on your ability to promptly fall asleep for sound and restful slumber all night long.
At the center of a successful self-hypnosis insomnia program is Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP. Powerful NLP techniques can be used to "flip" things around in the unconscious so that experiences and thoughts that previously sparked stressful feelings will actually bring about relaxation instead.
Mitigating feelings of stress is paramount for a self-hypnosis insomnia treatment to be effective, and self-hypnosis visualizations can program the unconscious to immediately get rid off disconcerting feelings and thoughts that create anxiety and stress. These tranquil feelings stay with you all day so that when it is time for bed, you can fall asleep quickly and rest throughout the entire night without interruption.
In addition to using effective NLP techniques in self-hypnosis insomnia programs, Ericksonian Hypnotic Metaphors are also efficient. Basically, a qualified hypnotherapist creates a metaphor, or a parable, that directs your unconscious to subdue your thoughts-especially at bedtime-to stop any expectation about lying awake.
To permanently conquer insomnia, finding out how to relax with self-hypnosis is essential, but it is not always feasible to listen to a CD or watch a DVD. Learning how to give yourself post-hypnotic suggestions anytime, anywhere to create deep relaxation can be accomplished effortless. That's right-you can successfully use self-hypnosis insomnia suggestions any time you need them.
Hypnotherapy insomnia programs can't hurt you in any way. A hypnotherapist can't force you to do or say anything that you don't wish to. You stay in complete control, and there is no "hypnotized feeling" that you have to work through. In fact, the worst that might possibly happen is that you may fall asleep for thirty minutes or so. That is the point of hypnosis for insomnia in the first place!
Hypnotherapy instructions for sleep disturbances can be directives to the unconscious to use pleasant memories and fantasies to generate pleasant dreams and relaxation. You will feel peaceful at bedtime and have a positive expectation of sound and restful sleep. And that positive expectation will ensure that you fall asleep promptly, and the dreams will make you sleep soundly and restfully all night long.
Additionally, self-hypnosis programs are highly effective; it has been found that most people are hypnotizable to a greater or lesser extent. However, people with less than a 70 IQ or those who are in an active state of psychosis generally are not hypnotizable. Most senile people are also difficult or impossible to hypnotize. Like any move to expand the quality of your life, your motivation is essential for success.
Everyone responds in a different way to each type of hypnosis, so be sure your self-hypnosis insomnia program offers several different methods, like NLP and Ericksonian Metaphors, to bring you the outcome that you seek. Most self-hypnosis insomnia program participants find their sleep issues are cured by hypnosis, and insomnia simply fades away like a bad dream.About the author:
Alan B. Densky, CH has been a practicing hypnotherapist for thirty yrs. He's done extensive research on sleep disturbances, and created an effective