Happiful August 2019
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How to get a<br />
good night’s sleep<br />
Anxiety, stress, noise, or even your phone or computer, could be coming<br />
between you and eight hours of delightful rest. So here are some simple<br />
steps that will get you blissfully back to the land of dreams<br />
Writing | Ros Knowles Illustrating | Rosan Magar<br />
We all know we<br />
feel great after<br />
a good night’s<br />
sleep – we wake<br />
feeling refreshed<br />
and ready for the day! However,<br />
it is not always easy to achieve,<br />
and many people suffer from<br />
insomnia.<br />
There can be various reasons for<br />
this, such as noise, disturbance,<br />
or pain. But the usual cause<br />
is often anxiety or stress. As a<br />
hypnotherapist, I regularly work<br />
with people to reduce their anxiety,<br />
in order for them to feel calm, and<br />
to sleep well again.<br />
If we are suffering from anxiety,<br />
this will typically make us wake<br />
in the night feeling miserable,<br />
and leave us unable to get back to<br />
sleep, often with negative thoughts<br />
constantly going around our head<br />
in a loop.<br />
While we’re asleep, our brain has<br />
periods of rapid eye movement<br />
(REM) sleep, when our brain<br />
processes thoughts, emotions, and<br />
experiences, moving them from<br />
the subconscious to the conscious<br />
part of our mind, so we can come<br />
up with solutions to problems. So,<br />
‘sleep on it’ is great advice!
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