A client
came to me not long ago with a trio of issues: she was sleep-deprived,
depressed and overweight. She had been
trying to lose some weight but found that she often ate simply to give herself
quick energy throughout her day. She was feeling depressed because she woke up
every morning feeling exhausted and feeling increasingly anxious about being
able to work effectively.
In the
process, she just lost faith in her natural ability to fall asleep. When she did
eventually fall asleep after a string of sleepless nights and woke up rested,
she would start the day running, trying to accomplish everything she had been
too tired to accomplish all week long. She worked late, ate late and went to
sleep late. And the cycle began again.
Insomnia
affects us in all kinds of ways but the most insidious is how its onset leads
us to believe that we have lost our natural ability to fall sleep. As we lie in bed trying to fall asleep, we worry that we're unable to fall asleep. Our reaction
is to try even harder and the more we try, it seems like the less we
can sleep. It is a distressing process, one that prevents us from relaxing and
letting sleep happen. The problem is further aggravated when this belief creates
its own habit - sleeplessness.
Sufferers
compound the power of this belief by telling their loved ones and anyone who sympathizes,
that they ‘cannot fall asleep anymore’.
If you say that enough times, your mind begins to believe it.
Anxieties have a stubborn way of sticking around until you pay attention to them. It's a little like going to bed with an empty stomach. The issues that trigger your anxieties need to find relief. Hypnosis
can give us unfettered clarity into the issues that create these anxieties and
can retrain the mind to put us to sleep effortlessly.
My client
began falling asleep again. Last I heard, feeling rested has stabilized her
mood. She doesn’t crave carbs and sweets for energy anymore because she’s
getting the energy she needs from sleep.
If you have
trouble sleeping, email me through my website www.hypnosisinhongkong.com or call my office in Hong Kong at
2523 3780. Hypnosis will get you
sleeping again in just a few sessions.
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