How to Treat Insomnia With Self-Hypnosis

Whether you have had a hard time falling asleep, or you fall asleep promptly and then awaken later and can't fall back to sleep again, you might have insomnia. Self-hypnosis can aid in the treatment of insomnia, a common sleep disorder. Hypnosis had been used since the 1930s in helping people sleep better.

Instructions

• 1

  Play soothing background music such as classics or nature sounds. This helps set the mood to help you relax and fall asleep.

• 2

  Lay on your back, arms resting at your side, eyes closed.

• 3

  Take deep breaths. Flex and release your muscles beginning with your toes and work your way up toward your shoulders and down to your fingers.

• 4

  Concentrate on relaxing. If your mind starts to wander, work to put all thoughts out of your mind and focus on relaxing.

• 5

  Begin a countdown as you put yourself in an elevator going down. Floor 4, I am becoming very sleepy. Floor 3, sleepier and sleepier. Floor 2, more relaxed. Ground floor, so sleepy, I can hardly stay awake. Mind is drifting, sleep.

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  Snuggle into your pillow and sleep.