Counting Sheep Not Working? Try An NLP CD

Feb 7
09:35

2008

Alan B. Densky

Alan B. Densky

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Twenty million Americans live with insomnia. The harder they attempt to fall asleep, the more wide-awake they become. Many resort to drugs, but come to find that with these methods, the cure is much worse than the disease, and the cure does not even offer them the restful sleep they wish for in the first place. The mind actually produces the stress and expectation of wakefulness that triggers a sleep disturbance. The good news is: What the mind causes, the mind can cure

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Are you getting into bed near the time that everyone else is getting up? It might be cold comfort to know that you are among the 20 million Americans who suffer from insomnia. If dark circles,Counting Sheep Not Working? Try An NLP CD Articles a groggy head and nights spent lying awake have become standard for you, a hypnosis insomnia program could bring the reprieve you desire.

No doubt you believe you've tried everything to fall asleep, including a alcohol, over-the-counter-sleep aids or even highly addictive sleeping pills. All lead to the same result: You form a tolerance, your "sleep" is not restful and the next morning, you felt drugged and lethargic. Hypnotherapy for insomnia can bring safe, effective sleep devoid of side effects.

A lot of people incorrectly assume that hypnosis is sleep. But effective self-hypnosis insomnia programs will only work if you are awake but in a deep state of relaxation. In this state, your unconscious is more accepting and open to guidance. In the most successful programs, post-hypnotic suggestions are given to you to eliminate anxiety and create a positive expectation of restful sleep. Self-Hypnosis for insomnia is commonly effective after the first session because we tend to get what we expect, so you will sleep soundly all night long.

After thoroughly relaxing, the next step in hypnotherapy for a sleep disturbance is understanding what compels you to suffer from a sleep disturbance. Another crucial part of a hypnosis insomnia course requires implementing small changes to your evening ritual that will have the most powerful effect on your ability to promptly fall asleep for sound and restful slumber all night long.

At the crux of an effective hypnotherapy insomnia program is Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP. Powerful NLP techniques can be used to "flip" things around in the unconscious so that experiences and thoughts that previously prompted stressful feelings will actually bring about relaxation instead.

Diminishing feelings of stress is vital for a hypnotherapy insomnia treatment to do its job, and hypnotherapy visualizations can program the unconscious to automatically turn off disconcerting thoughts and feelings that create stress. These peaceful feelings stay with you all day so that when it is time for bed, you can fall asleep quickly and rest throughout the entire night without interruption.

In addition to using effective NLP techniques in hypnotherapy insomnia programs, Ericksonian Hypnotic Metaphors are also efficient. Basically, a qualified hypnotist creates a metaphor, or a parable, that directs your unconscious to soothe your thoughts-especially in the evening-to get rid of any fear or anxiety about lying awake.

To permanently conquer insomnia, learning to relax with self-hypnosis is required, but it is not always feasible to listen to a CD or watch a DVD.  Learning how to give yourself post-hypnotic suggestions anytime, anywhere to create deep relaxation can be accomplished simply. That's right-you can successfully use self-hypnosis insomnia suggestions any time you need them.

Self-Hypnosis insomnia programs cannot hurt you in any way. A hypnotist cannot make you do or say anything that you do not want to. You stay completely in control, and there is no "hypnotized feeling" that you have to overcome. In fact, the worst that might possibly happen is that you might fall asleep for 30 minutes or so. That's the goal of hypnosis for insomnia in the first place!

Hypnotherapy instructions for sleep disturbances can be directives to the unconscious to draw on pleasant fantasies and memories to create relaxation and pleasant dreams. You will experience peace at bedtime and have a positive expectation of sound and restful sleep. And that positive expectation will help you fall asleep quickly, and the dreams will make you sleep soundly and restfully all night long. 

Additionally, hypnotherapy programs are highly effective; it has been found that most people are hypnotizable to a greater or lesser extent. However, people with less than a 70 IQ or those who are in an active state of psychosis typically are not hypnotizable. Most senile people are also hard or impossible to hypnotize. As with any move to increase the quality of your life, your motivation is imperative for success.

Everyone responds differently to each type of hypnosis, so be sure your hypnotherapy insomnia program offers several different methods, like NLP and Ericksonian Metaphors, to bring you the results that you seek.  Most hypnotherapy insomnia program participants find their sleep issues are cured by hypnosis, and insomnia simply fades away like a bad dream.