Having suffered from
chronic insomnia I feel that
from my experience, more advice on natural
insomnia
cures should be provided by doctors. It was only after many years of
suffering that I realized that alternative
cures
for insomnia other than
sleeping
pills
existed. Those years of
sleepless
nights not being able to
fall
into sleep until the early morning were the worst years of my life. I just
wished that more was done for me and more help was provided.
I would ask my doctor what was wrong with me and told him time and time again
'I
just can't get no sleep!' Time and time again he would offer the basic
sleep
facts and
sleep
help - "Try these
sleep
aids and come back in a month" he would say. It was frustrating beyond
belief, and I felt that I was being severely let down. I just wanted to know
how
to sleep better so that I wasn't a complete wreck all the time.
Deep down, I knew that I could
fall
asleep without the use of sleep aids and even
natural
sleep aids. I knew that my subconscious still knew
how
to fall asleep and that I had reconditioned my mind negatively over the
years. I started looking at alternative ways to deal with
insomnia,
not just by looking at
natural
sleep remedies but looking at
sleep
techniques - by looking into techniques such as hypnosis and EFT. I realized
that
insomnia help was always there, but I was too blind to see past the
obvious and I wasn't looking into the deeper
causes
of insomnia I was merely paying attention to the symptom -
sleep
deprivation.
Thoughts such as 'How
much sleep do I need?' and 'If I don't get enough sleep, I'll be a wreck'
were constantly on my mind. But for me, I believe that much of my
sleep
problems were manifested by
my negative thoughts. Worry, stress and anxiety was making sleep ever more
difficult to attain. By using techniques that tapped directly into my
subconscious I was slowly able to unlearn negative sleep thoughts and habits
that were sabotaging my sleep.
I used several techniques that made up my adhoc
sleep
program but it worked. Not all
sleep
disorders can be helped or cured through techniques such as
CBT and EFT, but I believe that people should be open to new techniques and make
sleeping pills their last option.
