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Inner Potential Hypnotherapy and NLP in Reading, Wokingham, Windsor, Bracknell, Berkshire

Insomia/Sleep Disturbances treated with Hypnotherapy in 4-5 sessions

A small proportion of sleep disturbance is associated with what is called “Sleep Apnea” or medical problems and will need medical attention; Insomnia can be completely a medical condition or a combination of medical and psychological conditions as in psychiatric disorders or drug dependence but there is a considerable proportion of insomnia patients who cannot sleep properly because of purely psychological reasons. These are the people who may get a lot of relief and help from Hypnotherapy. The sequence of sleep disturbances varies: some people find it difficult to go to sleep and toss around until early hours in the morning; others go to sleep very well but on the dot of early hours( three or four o’clock in the morning) they will wake up and find it almost impossible to go to sleep again; still others cannot achieve what we cal REM sleep, that is they hover between light to moderate sleep patterns so that when they wake up they feel even more tired than when they went to sleep, because they cannot manage any deep sleep patterns. Why do some people find sleep such a luxury that they crave for itwhile others sleep off like a baby and wake up after six/seven hours feeling fresh and energetic? There are several reasons:

1. Cognitive over activity and conditioned habit patterns incompatible with sleep: over analysis of past events, ruminations during pre sleep, conditioning oneself “it’s no use; I will not sleep!!” often the mind is kept so busy working that even if we do fall asleep we find that we wake up and carry on thinking from exactly where we dozed off!!
2. Central Nervous System excitation: anxiety, tension contained in the muscles which keeps indicating to the mind that the person has some unfinished work and cannot let go; anxious people keep thinking in vicious circle patterns so that they never reach deep sleep or find that they cannot relax enough to fall asleep, even if they have a nice glass of wine or a hot bath!!
3. Underlying (unconscious) conflicts or fears that disrupt sleep: often the mind has been conditioned to always maintain control because in the past (maybe early childhood, or after a trauma or major loss) loss of control over emotions felt too vulnerable, fragile, fearful. Then the mind does not let go even to the extent of keeping the mind awake. If we sleep the unconscious mind starts working on our fears and this is what leads to dreams /nightmares. We have conditioned our brain not to let go and keep a good check on these fears with the results that it will not allow us to sleep. E.g. a woman went through a major divorce; she spent hours thinking about the past and the events so that when the sense of release comes, she should be able to let go and relax; surprisingly enough it is then that she finds she cannot go to sleep!!!

This is where HYPNOTHERAPY comes to help; the mind has been programmed to stay awake and despite changed circumstances when it should let go you find that you can no longer change it habit of keeping you awake!! In HYPNOTHERAPY we access the unconscious mind where all the programming happens and we help you change the past programming and set newer, more constructive ways of behaving and more importantly we program the mind TO SLEEP PROPERLY FOR PROPER HOURS OF THE NIGHT!!! How does Hypnotherapy works on the mind? Read the paradox of the unconscious mind or common questions by my clients, or see the contact pages if you wish to call me and talk to me about your sleep pattern and how Hypnotherapy can ameliorate it!