How To Relax…. Simple Technique

One of perhaps the more obvious causes of sleeplessness is tension.  That feeling that you just can’t relax and feel ‘twitchy’ as you lie in bed trying to sleep.

As I mentioned in another post – the ‘trying’ part of that scenario is a problem, (check it out here), but this post is about the simple idea of relaxation and how you can do it.

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Two Misconceptions About Sleep

How we think about sleep can play an important role in how we deal with sleep difficulties.

For this reason, an essential part of your sleep treatment involves identifying your thoughts about sleep that tend to make sleeping more difficult and replacing these thoughts with more helpful thinking.

Pay attention to your thinking about sleep and consider alternatives, and you will probably notice two common misconceptions that you need to address before you are going to start sleeping well:

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Stopping the Revolving Door of Sleeplessness

Insomnia does not always start off as a difficult condition to manage.  For many people, it is triggered by a particularly stressful or disturbing event or series of events and before they know it – a bad habit of sleep has developed.

But why and how does this really occur?

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There’s Caffeine in What?

It probably doesn’t come as any surprise that caffeine is one of the things we can drink (or eat) that has a negative impact on sleep and can cause insomnia.

However, what may be a little more surprising are the places (other than coffee) that you find caffeine and in what quantity.

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Cause and Effect : The mystery of insomnia

Insomnia comes in many shapes and forms from intermittant to chronic, and with many different causes.  This is can make this condition so frustrating – there could be many interconnecting causes of your insomnia and the resolution of just one cause may not resolve all the symptoms of insomnia.

However, the more you learn and take action, the more empowered you are to apply the right tactics and bring relief.

Here are the 10 most common causes of insomnia – remember you may relate to more than one of these, but use this as a guide to unravel the mystery of your insomnia and seek the best course of action for you.

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