Are you finding it hard to fall asleep? You are not alone. Close to 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders; a staggering 60% to 65% of those numbers are cases of chronic disorders. Since most of these cases go untreated, an individual that is suffering from it may only notice its effects: drowsiness, poor memory, lack of focus and poor reaction time. There is a study conducted that showed drowsiness to be a real problem that increases a driver’s risk of a crash by around a factor of four; this is indeed a serious problem.

Tossing and turning in bed while attempting to calm yourself to sleep is a good way to waste time and energy and also to up your tension level all the more instead of being able to get the rest that you need. So why not use self-hypnosis to get your insomnia under control? Among the various proven ways wherein you can harness the ability of self-hypnosis is when you have problems sleeping.

Here’s a simple how-to to get you dozing off in no time:

– Be ready to go to sleep – lying in your bed trying to fall asleep while running an extended laundry list of stuff you needed to do won’t help resolve your sleeping problems at all. Instead, aim to go through your checklist of “things to do before getting into bed” before you really lie down in bed. Program your brain to connect lying in your bed with sleeping, not with thinking about things to complete or stuff you should have completed prior to actually trying to get to sleep.

– Find your ideal position – Discover the sleeping position that you’re most comfortable with. You don’t have to force yourself to lie on your back if that isn’t where you’re able to sleep the fastest. Try moving on your side as an alternative, when hugging a comfy cushy body pillow. Just be in the position where you’re most comfortable.

– Leave for tomorrow what you possibly can – If the problem that is concerning you can wait for the next morning then do not mull it over while you try to fall asleep. As I’ve said, if you must go through a laundry list of stuff to do, go do it earlier than lying down in bed.

– Concentrate on relaxing the body – Start from your toes then move your way up. A lot of times we’re not even aware that we are tensing up our body parts, so conscious effort is needed to make our body ease up to become relaxed.

– Be aware of your breathing – Same as an exercise instructor, remind yourself to breathe in and breathe out while thinking about calming and comforting thoughts.

– Let yourself drift away into slumber – Carry on focusing your attention on those calming thoughts and shortly you will end up drifting into sleep.

Now, I don’t know about other people but for myself, I’m not a big believer in counting sheep, counting backwards or counting anything for that matter. The main reason for this is because whenever you count you happen to be engaging your mind to undertake an activity that needs alertness. Unless you’ll be able to prove to me you can actually count backwards from 100 to 1 without having to “consciously” give it some thought, I’m sticking to this belief.

On the other hand, when you are thinking soothing thoughts, you’re instructing your mind to calm down and take it easy. You’ll find that you’ll begin to relax beBut if counting works for you personally, then go for it.

Self hypnosis is a wonderful way to help you fall asleep. There are loads of hypnosis recordings available both online and in CD stores that you can listen to at bed time. Just don’t try to implement self-hypnosis to help yourself sleep less than what is required by your system to function properly and stay healthy. Your purpose in using self-hypnosis should be to improve yourself, never to cheat yourself into believing that harmful sleeping patterns are actually acceptable.

Author Bio: Rachel Ford is a Clinical Hypnotherapist who helps people achieve positive change & personal growth. Visit www.yourmindzone.com to download your free hypnosis recording.

Category: Medicines and Remedies
Keywords: insomnia,self hypnosis