When Insomnia Becomes Nearly Too Much To Bear

So often the very DREAD of something is far worse than the thing itself. Worrying about sleeplessness, and about how we'll feel the next day, uses up far more energy than attempting to just relax and let go. The more you can't sleep - the more you worry about it - the more you worry about it - the more you can't sleep. It becomes a vicious circle that wears you down.

You’ve also probably wondered "Why can't I fall asleep? What's wrong with me? I have an important meeting tomorrow, I have to fall asleep," and other such questions and statements which just compounded your worries and produced even more anxiety and panic.

After a rough or sleepless night, most people will grab a cup of coffee before heading off to work. However, by doing this, you're only treating the effects of your insomnia--not the cause--and may even be making your problems worse.

People who don't get adequate sleep on a regular basis are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety and often feel stressed. They don't make judgments as well as their well-rested counterparts, and the consequences of these decisions can serve to perpetuate more depression, stress, and anxiety.

Did you know that extensive lack of sleep can impair your memory and judgment, cause mood disorders, make it difficult to learn new things or perform daily tasks and reduce the ability of the immune system to prevent illness?

If your insomnia has been going on for a long period of time, it can be causing havoc in your relationships, compromising your productivity, and even lead to some serious health problems. These can include, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases, hypertension, obesity, and mental illnesses. At this point it becomes nearly too much to bear.

You start to dread even going to bed, as you know what’s going to happen – just hours and hours of sleeplessness.

At this point some insomnia sufferers make either one of two bad choices…

Drink alcohol before bed-time: Alcohol-induced sleep is not good sleep at all. Your liver is busy breaking down alcohol while you sleep, so it cannot process other toxins that may be accumulating in your body. On top of that, the process dehydrates you, and you may even wake up in the morning with a headache or small hangover.

Start taking sleeping pills: Chemical sleep aids can actually suppress your natural sleep cycles. Your body naturally sleeps on a cycle, and if you introduce chemical triggers, you will soon be unable to sleep without your medication. Some patients even develop a tolerance to their sleep aids and need to gradually increase their dosage in order to fall asleep. What's more, the sedatives in many sleep aids can actually prevent you from falling into the deepest level of sleep. The chemicals in the sleeping pills often simply knock you out--but there's more to sleeping than being unconscious. Your body needs to be able to cycle in and out of deep sleep to reap the benefits of rest, and it cannot do this when heavily sedated.

You don’t need to stoop to either of these levels. There is a way to cure your insomnia, it’s not difficult, and it’s without side effects.

The only true solution is to gain control of the underlying mechanism that governs our sleep and energy. It’s called our Inner Sleep Clock which consists of a number of variables in your body that tells it when to feel tired, and when to feel awake. It also controls how deep you sleep and how long you sleep. By optimizing your sleep clock you can sleep less and increase the quality of your sleep.

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