Yet again, you find yourself listening balefully as the clock ticks away relentlessly in the dark. Pretty soon it will be daybreak, and you'll be forced to rise out of bed and put another wrecked attempt at a good night's sleep behind you. Truly, is there anything else that's capable of driving us quite so close to the edge of madness as insomnia does?
So why can't you simply do what so many others manage every night of their lives, and just drop effortlessly into a rich, meaningful slumber? It may well be you have significant unresolved issues that understandably weigh heavily on your mind at night, but the harsh reality is, no matter how serious those issues, there is no reason at all why you should lose any sleep over them...
The truth is that all of your problems will still be there when you wake up in the morning, whether or not you enjoyed a great night's sleep - so why not grab it? Waking up feeling rested and refreshed is hardly likely to do you any harm...
Just so long as your doctor has ruled out any significant medical cause for your insomnia (and you must consult a doctor immediately if you are suffering pain, or have other undiagnosed symptoms) then you would be well advised to seriously consider using hypnosis to beneficially manipulate your pattern of sleep...
Hypnosis can be an ideal treatment for insomnia, because a hypnotic trance mirrors the gateway to sleep. In fact, it is frequently said that everyone experiences hypnosis at least twice a day - when they pass in and out of their night's slumber...
A calming and relaxing hypnotic audio track, containing positive suggestions that will help you get into the habit of dozing off comfortably, can be played last thing at night to great effect. It should finish by fading out, so that you will not be disturbed after you fall asleep. And don't worry that you haven't been brought out of hypnosis; it simply isn't necessary, and you should wake up quite naturally, feeling great...
Just make sure to use a music player that can be safely left on overnight. Also, beware of using one with annoying flashing lights that might wake you up in the early hours...
Another way that hypnotism can help you get to sleep is through the Law of Reverse Effect. You already have plenty of unwanted experience of what happens when you lie there, eyes tightly shut, praying forlornly for sleep to come - so why not try something different?
Next time you can't sleep, try thinking: 'This is great! I'm in a relaxed position, my body is getting all the rest it requires, and now I have all the time in the world to calmly and methodically think through some of those problems I never get a decent chance to work on during the day... '
Focus your mind on the most immediate of your unresolved problems, and then begin to think it through, all the time reminding yourself that, on no account and under absolutely no circumstances, must you curtail this valuable opportunity by falling asleep!
You might just be pleasantly surprised by what happens next...
Paul R Mather is a certified hypnotherapist and the owner of Cerulean Therapies, a company specialising primarily in helping people to quit smoking. For more information on using hypnosis to beat insomnia, please visit http://www.quitclever.co.uk/insomnia.php
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