Counseling for Sleep Difficulties

Effective and Natural Sleeping Problem Solutions at ThoughtWise.

 It’s 2 am. You have to wake up at 6 am, which means you will have 4 hours of sleep if you sleep now. But you end up just tossing and turning for a little bit more. How do you sleep again? It’s like you have forgotten how. You close your eyes and try to stop your brain from running away 120km/hr, but clearly, you’re not successful. How to sleep fast? You recheck the clock, and it’s 3:45 am. If you sleep now, that means 3 hours and 15 minutes of sleep. You have to! Otherwise, you will end up oversleeping like you usually do. Wake up groggy and go to work late as usual, and groggy. Before you know it, your alarm rings. How did that happen? Somehow, you fell asleep. Great. Now, if you can just drag yourself out of bed and make it through the day at work.

 If this is you almost every day, it is time to get some help. Although it feels like that’s it, that is just how life is, it is not, and it should not. A healthy sleeping pattern and good sleeping habits are possible. A lot of people are doing it. So can you!

 There are plenty of available sleeping problem solutions other than tiring yourself out before bedtime or chugging melatonin and sleep aids at night. You have probably tried warm milk already too. 

 Why can’t I sleep through the night?

 Sleep problems include difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, difficulty waking up and getting out of bed, feeling tired and still sleepy after enough hours of sleep, and sleeping too much. 

 These problems are either lifestyle-related or a symptom of other mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, or sleep disorders. Lifestyle factors include lack of exercise, stress, taking recreational drugs or medication, being a new parent, or working on a shift schedule. 

 Sleep deprivation and poor sleep can lead to both physical and mental health issues. Sleeping problems cause a vicious cycle of more problems. You don’t get enough sleep or have a terrible sleep; you feel tired and groggy during the daytime; you get stressed about it; you develop anxiety, and then don’t sleep again because of the anxiety. Click here to learn more about the effects of sleep deprivation.

 Sleeping Problem Solutions with our Therapists at ThoughtWise

 Learn how to solve sleeping problems naturally at ThoughtWise. Before we create a treatment plan, we will first assess the cause of your sleeping problem. Do lifestyle factors cause it? Is it a symptom of another condition? Do you drink too much coffee during day time? From there, we can strategize and create a list of lifestyle changes that may help with the problem. Lifestyle changes include avoiding alcohol hours before bedtime, turning off your lights, sleeping in a dark room, exercising, and eating right. 

 If it is a symptom of a mental health condition like anxiety, we will target that cause and work on your anxiety problems. 

 Depending on your needs and situation, our therapists can also prescribe over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids to get better sleep. 

Don’t wait for your sleep problems to cause to impact your general health and life before acting on them. There are ways to improve your sleep. Get in touch with our therapists at ThoughtWise and start sleeping better ASAP.