Have you ever found yourself wide awake at 3am, staring at the ceiling, willing your mind to just shut off and let you sleep? Your thoughts jumping from tomorrow’s to-do list to mentally redecorating the house to that awkward social interaction from earlier in the day! Maybe you’re stressing over financial concerns or unpaid bills. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. We’ve all been there at some point, and it’s no fun at all.
What if I told you there’s a way to break free from this frustrating cycle? A method that doesn’t involve counting sheep or taking pills? Welcome to the world of hypnotherapy – your secret weapon for deep, tranquil, undisturbed sleep! Let’s explore how this fascinating technique can help you find your way back to peaceful nights and worry-free days.
Before we explore the solution, let’s take a moment to understand why your mind might be running a marathon at midnight instead of settling down for a good night’s rest.
Anxiety: The Uninvited Bedtime Guest
According to the charity Mind, approximately 8 out of every 100 people are dealing with a mixture of anxiety and depression. That’s a huge number of people potentially getting acquainted with each and every crack in the ceiling rather than sleeping soundly.
We’ve probably all experienced at least a mild level of anxiety at some point in our lives, but for some, it can become a chronic issue. Anxiety prevents us from getting good quality sleep, and here’s why…
In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, we use the analogy of a ‘stress bucket’ to explain how anxiety is dealt with. Basically, we accumulate all of our worries (big or small) in this stress bucket, then when we go to sleep at night, our brain will attempt to work through these worries and will try to take the emotional charge out of them. This is why, if we’ve had a particularly bad day, we usually feel much better after a good night’s sleep.
However, sometimes we can pile too much into the bucket and it can get too full. When this happens, our mind needs to utilize a massive amount of energy whilst we sleep to work through what’s in there, so much in fact, that our mind literally wakes us up!! We feel wide awake and mentally active. And this can become a vicious cycle.
Hypnotherapy: Your Sleep’s New Best Friend
Now, let’s look at how hypnotherapy can be a game-changer in the quest for better sleep. Don’t expect any swinging watches, pendulums or party tricks; instead, expect an extremely powerful tool for unlocking your mind’s potential.
During a hypnotherapy session, you’ll learn how to reconfigure your mind so that you spend less time in the anxious, primitive part of the brain, and more time in the rational, positive, intellectual part of the brain. You’ll cultivate a positive cognitive bias that will allow you to cope with things a lot better. You’ll be guided into a deep, relaxing, therapeutic trance, which emulates our brain’s own natural ability to empty the stress bucket. In this state of relaxation, your mind also becomes very receptive to positive change.
If you’re ready to say goodnight to getting no sleep?
Here’s how to get started;
Free Chat – I offer a 15 minute phone chat for you to ask questions and decide if hypnotherapy is right for you.
Initial Consultation – Book in for a 50 minute consultation to delve a little deeper and to create a plan for treatment going forward.
Ongoing Sessions – Regular sessions will help cement those positive changes, ensuring you stay on the right path to sweeter dreams and restorative sleep.