Sleeplessness And Its Causes

How much and how well we sleep is a common topic of conversation and various treatments for insomnia are often discussed in the popular press.But what is insomnia

?The National Institutes of Health in the US defines insomnia as " ...complaints of disturbed sleep in the presence of adequate opportunity and circumstance for sleep".In other words, you have time and there's your bed, but you still can't seem to fall asleep. Or, you fall asleep but wake up early or repeatedly during the night.In order to treat your insomnia you first need to have an idea of where the problem really lies. The occasional night with bad sleep is not the same as insomnia.Everyone will have the occasional sleepless night. Maybe we stay up watching a favourite football game, drinking beer, or we are waiting for a late flight, sitting in a caf drinking coffee.Disrupting your normal day/night cycle will cause a disruption in your sleep. That is not really a problem, you will soon be back to normal sleep again.More severe and frequent problems sleeping need to be looked at more carefully. Try to reason through why you cannot sleep - might there be an easily pinpointed cause of sleeping disorder, that prevents you falling asleep?Things like late night coffee drinking, working shifts, maybe taking certain medication? Or is your house under the flight path of late night flights?If you're overweight the reason might be you have sleep apnea - this simply means you snore so much your body lacks for air!Your brain will then shout to you "wake up or choke to death!".Still talking about physical reasons for sleep disorders, conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure might affect your sleep, causing insomnia and sleeplessness.However, by far the most common cause of insomnia is in your head.If you are worried about money, for example, or in an unhappy relationship, your mind will churn negative thoughts around instead of the calming and relaxing thinking that primes you for sleep.This is why sleep experts say that one of the first things to try when you have sleeping problems, is to learn to relax and get into a "relaxing" state of mind at bedtime.Yoga, meditation, quitness and darkness - all things that help to slow down your mind and make it easier to fall asleep.Unless your sleep disorder is really severe these simple things might be the answer and cure your insomnia.

Sleeplessness And Its Causes

By: Gustaf Eriksson

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