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Sunday, February 14, 2010
If your answer is yes, you might be suffered from imsomnia. Most people clamoring that imsomnia is the inability to sleep. However, in reality imsomnia is the inability to get to sleep, stay asleep or get a good quality of sleep (Kryger, Lavie, & Rosen, 1999). There are many reasons that cause imsomnia, both psychological and physiological. Some of the psychological causes are worrying, trying too hard to sleep, or having anxiety. Some of the physiological causes are too much caffeine, indigestion or aches and pain.
Here, I provide several steps that people can take to assist them sleep. Obvious ones are taking no caffeinated drinks or foods that cause indigestion before bedtime, taking medication for pain and dealing with anxieties in the daytime rather than facing them at night. That last bit of advice is easy to say but not always easy to do. Here are some other helpful tips (Kupfer & Reynolds, 1997):
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