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| Can hypnosis be a replacement for sleeping pills? |
“Can hypnosis help me sleep better at night?”
That is the number one question I am asked by attendees at
the health/wellness version of my Hypnotic Experience show.
It’s understandable.
Surveys
indicate that nearly half of all Americans report some form of insomnia
each year.
That’s a stunning number.
Many of the sleep deprived turn to over-the-counter aids in
a quest for a restful night of rest. Do those
remedies work?
That’s the question columnist Jill Adams sought to answer in
her recent column entitled “Can’t fall asleep?
Over-the-counter aids have a mixed record.”
Here’s a
link
to the article, which is worth the read.
In the article, Vivek Jain, who directs the Center for Sleep
Disorders at George Washington University Hospital, cites the lack of benefit
and the risk of side effects when evaluating sleep aids.
Jain says, “There is no good reason to take these. Ever.”
The practice of self-hypnosis can be an effective tool to
remedy the occasional bout of insomnia.
It can help a person quiet their mind, calm their nerves and, perhaps
most important, create the expectation of a peaceful night of soothing slumber.
Personally, one of my goals when I learned hypnosis was to
condition myself to function at a high level with six hours of rest each night. Within three months I was able to hit that
mark, which has given me more time to invest in family, work and performing.
The Web site Wikihow published a good introductory tutorial
on a hypnotic process for sleep.
You can
check it out
here.
