Why trying harder can keep you awake
Monitoring whether you are sleepy, calculating the hours left and predicting the next day can turn the bed into a place of effort and threat.
You may understand the issue perfectly and still notice that your body or behaviour responds before logic has time to catch up. My work combines psychotherapy and hypnotherapy to identify the automatic pattern and help your mind learn a different response.
Rebuild trust in sleep
We work with the learned alertness around bedtime, waking during the night and the fear of another difficult day.
We can focus on:
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Waking during the night
- Anxiety about sleep
- A busy mind at bedtime
