Insomnia Support Group

Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...

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stimpy
stimpy
New to this group. Can anyone recommend any resources, such as books, CDS, vitamins, possible ways to deal with insomnia? Today I take the bull by the horns and want to make a positive step towards dealing with this. Can you recommend any youtube videos with relaxation excerices or hypnotic suggestions. Positive thinking? Controlling fearful thoughts and/or negative thoughts? Thanks for any input.
Hypnos07
Hypnos07
Hi stimpy, yes many of us have spent years trying different drug-free approaches to deal with insomnia. It can be done.

You are wise to recognize the connection with stress, anxiety, and especially negative thinking about sleep. These negative thougts are often the raw fuel that perpetuates and prolongs insomnia. You can learn how to turn off that negative thinking, and indeed turn it around. Sleep tends to improve as a result, sometimes very quickly.

The gold standard is CBT -- cognitive behavioral therapy specifically designed for insomnia. CBT is a combination of methods that enables you to re-think the idea of sleep to your advantage, as well as address bad sleep habits.

Try an internet search using terms like cbt adult sleep training methods or similar, and you will find many resources. Good luck.
stimpy
stimpy
Thank you Hypnos07: I will google and try, I have hit bottom, I do think it is psychological, as much as we all tend to sweep it under the rug, its all in the matter of your thoughts. I am sick of pills. I'll post my outcomes. Thx
thesleepwhiz
thesleepwhiz
Hi Stimpy!

Here are some things I've come across...

- Say Good Night To Insomnia (book on Amazon)
- Hack Sleep (another book on Amazon)
- NYT article on overcoming insomnia w/o drugs: http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/getting-a-good-nights-sleep-without-drugs/?_r=0
- DailyMail article on overcoming insomnia: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3359322/Can-t-sleep-DISHES-Insomnia-experts-reveal-best-ways-clear-mind-bed-time.html

- Lastly, I'll be honest... this one's mine. After going through my own sleep troubles, I actually wrote a book to help other people who are struggling. You can find it here: http://www.endinsomnianow.com.

Hope this doesn't come across as spammy. I wanted to give you a range of resources so that it doesn't look like I'm trying to advertise or anything. I also just wrote a post on some things that I've done here at Daily Strength. Here's the link for that one: http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Insomnia/forum/21356869-5-things-i-did