Chronic pain is a common problem that can make it seem impossible to fall asleep.
I’m not well informed enough about chronic pain to help you with it, but I do know of a coaching program that will help.
If you want to rid yourself of this pain, try using Stop Fibromyalgia Pain. It’s very popular because [...]
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Unhelpful? Try these questions about likely causes of your insomnia.
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From the following questions, choose the area that is most likely causing you insomnia. Insomnia is usually not caused by just 1 thing, so you might want to read through each of the following, working your way from most-probable causes to least-probable causes:
How much sunlight, exercise, water, and nutrients do you get on daily [...]
There are many reasons that you could be kept awake. From the following questions, choose the area that is most likely causing you insomnia.
If you just lie down and nothing happens, it’s most likely that your days (exercise, amount of sunlight you get, etc) have gone flat - there’s some kind of health issue [...]
hinking too much and being kept awake by thoughts are problems popularily known as “chatter”.
Because the answer is to stop thinking, this can be frustrating, as this answer is obvious, but not the solution.
You actually can’t “stop thinking” - it’s not possible biologically. The mind is always doing something.
The solution is to focus the [...]
When it’s time to get some sleep, you start to worry because you don’t think you will get any sleep.
Sleep is not a choice. Trying to fall asleep, thinking about going to sleep, needing to fall asleep - these things all accomplish the exact opposite of falling asleep - they get you wired about [...]
Many people live lives full of anxiety, and it can make the good things in life hard to enjoy.
If you live life to the fullest, but find you can’t fall asleep at night due to a worried feeling, you might just be a very wired person; If this is the case, try reading this.
If you [...]
Thinking about important stuff quite literally makes it impossible to fall asleep. There are two kinds of thinking - the kind that drift into sleep, or “tired thoughts”, and the kind that pump you up, or “wired thoughts”.
You probably have already experienced this, but… you’ll NEVER fall asleep to a wired thought.
First of all, [...]
Okay - how would you best describe this anxiety? (You can come back to this page to explore the other options.)
- I have a lot of anxiety in general and it keeps me awake. (I have anxiety issues)
- I start worrying about my life when I should be falling asleep. (Unshakable thoughts)
- I worry [...]
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Sleep Apnea is a very common problem that can make falling asleep seem impossible, can wake you or your spouse up in the middle of the night, and is just scary to have to live with, as it tends to grow worse with time and the consequences can be fatal.
Sleep apnea is something you probably [...]
