Sleepwise Sleep Clinics and Therapy

Sleepwise provides professional sleep therapy services and advice, including clinics, one-to-one appointments, self-help products, CDs, articles and free products. Keywords: sleep clinic, sleep apnea, pure sleep, sleep experts, sleep depot, sit and sleep, sleep matters, sleep therapist, sleep management, sleep products, sleep help, sleep consultancy, sleep workshop, coaching, training, CPD.  

Sleep & Stress
Consultants
since
1999

Sleepwise Sleep Clinics and Therapy

Sleepwise provides professional sleep therapy services and advice, including clinics, one-to-one appointments, self-help products, CDs, articles and free products. Keywords: sleep clinic, sleep apnea, pure sleep, sleep experts, sleep depot, sit and sleep, sleep matters, sleep therapist, sleep management, sleep products, sleep help, sleep consultancy, sleep workshop, coaching, training, CPD.  

ANXIETY

We all suffer from anxiety at one time or another. Anxiety is a natural condition that can rarely be avoided in modern society, however anxiety can cause stress, which can be damaging to our mental and physical health, and anxiety causes sleep problems which in turn can also cause stress.

Sleepwise does not provide guidance on specific anxiety conditions requiring professional medical intervention, although the help we can offer will benefit all anxiety sufferers. We have developed routines and programs primarily aimed at overcoming the night-time anxiety issues common in many sufferer’s of poor sleep. We have a sister website www.anxietywise.co.uk that you may find useful and if you are concerned about depression we have a web page on this site that may help you.

Night time anxiety is rarely rational, however it is always based on reality or our perceptions of reality. During the night our conscious minds have little chance to rationalise the panic or fear present within our dreams. As our sub-conscious mind draw on our emotions to create dreams which replay the important issues of recent days and previous significant events the anxiety created forces us into unwelcome wakefulness.

So what can we do to suppress the potential anxiety? Here are some basic techniques known to work for many people:

Acknowledging - Write down all of the issues you have outstanding before you go to bed and leave the note pad and pencil beside the bed so if any come to mind during the night these can also be recorded.  As you finish writing them down and as you close your eyes tell yourself that these can wait until morning. Important - don’t betray yourself, if possible deal with those issues the next day or at least ensure you have done all you can to resolve them. The sub-conscious mind does not like being betrayed or tricked.

Rationalising - Tell your sub-conscious mind how much better you will be able to deal with the issues or problems if you get a good night’s sleep. Don’t just think it - mean it! This is especially relevant if your problems are health related and not getting the good night’s sleep is only making matters worse. Use your imagination and visualise yourself after having got that good night’s sleep, even allow yourself to become a little excited, as you close your eyes. Your sub-conscious needs to be shown the benefits of a good night’s sleep.

Ignoring - Tell your sub-conscious mind that the issues and problems are irrelevant to night time and sleep time. Push the emotions away and practice deep relaxation techniques to push yourself into deep sleep as quickly as possible.

Lock it Away - Use creative visualisation to lock the anxiety in a box or trunk or room. You then go to somewhere where you know you can relax and practice your relaxation techniques. See Self-help Downloads.

Please take a look at www.anxietywise.co.uk if anxiety is an issue that you need help with.

Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds.

~JoJo Jensen,

Dirt Farmer Wisdom, 2002

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