What the heck! why can you not fall asleep fast? It’s more than just the occasional bad night now, this has been going on for weeks and it’s really starting to effect your life. Your energy levels are at an all time low and it’s becoming compounded with every bad night’s sleep, or lack there of. Your partner seems to fall asleep fast every night almost mocking your inability to get quality sleep while you just end up staring at the ceiling. Even worse if you do manage to get to sleep, you wake up at regular intervals concerned about work or personal issues in your life and the added stress of a sleeping problem is now on your mind constantly, making everything appear even worse.
If this sounds like you, it’s time to face up to the fact that you may have a sleeping disorder, Insomnia to be precise. Your inability to fall asleep fast at night has a name and than name is Insomnia. Insomnia is becoming increasingly common throughout the world but sadly we still don’t understand a great deal about it.
Why you can’t Fall Asleep Fast
In a nutshell, Insomnia is an inability to fall asleep fast, trouble staying asleep or waking far too early every morning and being unable to get back to sleep. If this is you, then it is likely you are suffering from Insomnia. There are, according to recent research over 80 types of sleeping disorders and sleep related issues in the world today but Insomnia is widely regarded as the number one sleeping disorder effecting the population. Some studies indicate that 1 in 10 adults are actually suffering from Insomnia and can’t fall asleep fast at any one time. When you take into consideration the population of our planet today you would be right to assume Insomnia is a huge problem in modern society.
There are three common forms of Insomnia
- Sporadic. Generally indicated by an underlying stress issue.
- Acute, short lived bouts of Insomnia.
- Chronic, when Insomnia has been a significant issue for a long period of time.
Most of us fortunately will only ever suffer from either Sporadic or Acute Insomnia. These forms of Insomnia have close ties with Stress (more than usual, resulting from a life changing event), changes to your work or home environment or a change in your routine.
Number 1 causes for stress related Insomnia
- Death of loved one
- Divorce or separation
- Impending Marriage
- Children
- Anxiety surrounding upcoming event such as public speaking commitment.
- Change in work routine e.g. shift work schedule change
- Travel (Jet Lag)
- Illness
Chronic Insomnia
Most of us will experience some form of short term insomnia at some stage in our lives i.e. when lack of sleep is confined to two to three weeks and up to 4 times per week and we simply cannot fall asleep fast. This is fairly normal and wont typically require treatment. However if you start noticing longer term Insomnia (more than 4 weeks when you can’t fall asleep fast) you should speak to your GP and make sure you explain the extent of the problem. Chronic Insomnia should be regarded as a serious issue by yourself and your consulting doctor as the impact of constant sleep deprivation can have wide spread ramifications on your life and lead to traffic accidents, workplace Incidents and bouts of depression brought on by anxiety.
Remember to pay close attention to your sleeping problem and if it does persist over the 4 week mark, you owe it to yourself to get a professional opinion.
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