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

Difficulty: Moderate

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.
6. Snuggle into your pillow and sleep.

Tips & Warnings

• With music playing in the background, talk your way through the elevator floors. Repeat until the end of the tape.
• You can buy CDs that can help make you sleepy with self-hypnosis.
• A certified hypnotic therapist can help you learn the self-hypnosis techniques, if you have one near where you live.
• Don't be afraid or nervous. Self-hypnosis is safe and a sure way to relax.