According to a Consumer Reports survey, approximately 68% of Americans are struggling to fall asleep or stay asleep at least once a week. The number of people with sleeping problems is the highest it has been in the last century.

Unfortunately, many people are forced to turn to drugs and additional supplements in order to get a full night of deep sleep. Sleeping aids are usually helpful as long as they are used religiously, therefore, building a dependency.

As a result, sleep aids are not providing a long-term solution which leads people to consume drugs on a daily basis. Hypnosis is a holistic approach to help with sleep disorders that provide subconscious re-organization rather than external supplements.

 

Sleep is the #1 nutrition for the body

Sleep is the number one resource of energy for the body. During sleep, memory replenishes, the subconscious mind organizes information, and brain cells repair.

On the flip side, people who suffer from sleep problems may experience fatigue, lack of concentration and energy, lower libido, faster aging, and many more issues.

As adults, we need on average 8 hours of sleep in order to satisfy body’s needs.

 

Why do sleeping problems occur?

Sleeping problems can appear due to various reasons. In adult life, when the responsibilities and worries increase, these tend to keep the mind awake and running, even at night. During the day, whatever happens, we tend to suppress them within, rather than deal with them in front of our boss/partner/kids/friends.

These worries re-surface when we finally get a chance to be alone, which is usually when we sleep. In other words, anxiety, high stress, and other emotional overloads can be the cause of sleep problems.

Sleeping problems can also be caused by physical reasons such as body pain, asthma, allergies, reflux as well as alcohol consumption, eating habits, nicotine and caffeine consumption. If you are having sleeping difficulties, you should review your lifestyle to determine if any of these factors may be affecting the quality of your sleep.

Hypnotherapy approaches for sleep

Think of sleeping and waking as a cycle in the body. When one of these cycles is overused or disturbed, sleeping problems occur. Hypnosis is a great tool to regulate the sleep cycle and release any subconscious issues related to it. Here are a few ways how hypnosis can help with sleeping difficulties:

Hypnosis can help reduce stress

Hypnosis itself is a state of relaxation, physically and mentally. Before the hypnosis process, in the beginning part of the session, we discuss the reasons contributing to stress. During hypnosis with various hypnotic techniques, we can help release these negative emotions and thoughts in a safe and comfortable way.

Stressful thoughts may seem heftier than they actually are. Hypnosis also helps break this distortion and see the stress-creating thoughts from a different perspective.

Hypnosis helps with positive imagery

Have you been dreaming as much as you were as a little kid?

Most people get stuck in the real life and forget to use their imagination. However, what motivates us to take the next step or what makes us excited for tomorrow is our imagination.

During hypnosis, we use guided imagery journeys to promote relaxation, comfort, and excitement. This helps to get in touch with the subconscious mind and creativity. As a result, positive emotions rise during these imagery journeys.

Hypnosis helps with changing the self-talk

Self-talk is one of the most powerful recourses we, humans, have. We are very suggestible to our own words and ideas.

For example, I am sure many of you tune into your inner voice at night. This voice sometimes may be repeating ‘Here we go again, I can’t sleep. I will be tired in the morning again’. Sure enough, all the things you speculated in your mind actually happen.

Just like negative self-talk, positive self-talk is actually just as powerful. During the sessions, we provide tips and other tools on how to master positive self-talk. This is a tool that will help you in all areas of your life, not just sleep.

Hypnosis can help with creating positive subconscious thoughts

The subconscious mind is like the manager of the actions that dictate the mind. When the subconscious mind is set, there is nothing impossible.

Hypnosis can help to reprogram the subconscious mind and achieve the comfortable sleep results that you desire. Hypnotherapy has been proven to help with falling asleep easier and having a better quality of sleep.

Hypnosis recordings can help to fall asleep

People who experience hypnosis often report that they feel very sleepy even after the hypnosis ends. This makes sense since it’s a state of relaxation.

During the hypnotherapy sessions, we can record the hypnosis part of the session and provide these recordings to be listened to outside of the sessions as well.

You can listen to these recordings for reinforcement as well as aiding to fall asleep easier at night when you are ready to sleep.

Wrapping up 

‘Ambien’, which is the number one sleep aid, is used by more than half a million Americans today. In addition to the side effects these drugs might cause, they also do not provide a permanent solution.

In fact, hypnosis may help you to sleep restfully and comfortably, every single day without using any additional sleeping aids for the rest of your life.