Kathy Doner, MD
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Self-Hypnosis
for Insomnia: It’s a Skill, not a Pill!
Did you know that your mind has the
ability to:
• Turn off the busy brain
• Quickly
drop worries
• And order your body to totally relax… drifting
off to a deep and restful sleep?
It does! In fact, you have a
healthy drug store between your ears! And with self-hypnosis
you can write your own prescription for “sleeping medication.” It’s
free and has only good side-effects.
What do the pharmaceutical companies preach as the
solution for insomnia?
Sleeping pills. They do help in the short term but
in the long term can be addictive. Withdrawing from
them can actually cause insomnia!
You may be interested to read that the NIH Consensus
Panel concluded that mind-body methods such as hypnotherapy
produce significant changes in the quality and quantity
of sleep (as well as helping with chronic pain).
In fact, medical research shows that hypnotherapy
is superior to medication in the long-run, is useful
in withdrawing people from chronic sleeping pill use,
is effective for children and seniors and helps with
hot-flash disturbances.
Setting the stage for better
sleep is also important. On the web-page below, you
can evaluate your before-bed habits with the “Sleep Questionnaire” and
develop your own “Personal plan for Better Sleep.”
And the five minute self-hypnosis technique
you can easily do in bed takes just an hour to learn,
a few weeks to master and a life-time to enjoy!
It’s a skill, not a
pill. (Click on www.KathyDonerMD.com/insomnia for more information and success stories. And you
can register for the “Self-Hypnosis
for Insomnia” April 23 workshop in this
newsletter.) |
Announcing!
“I
hadn’t slept well for over 30 years and depended
on sleeping pills. After seeing Dr. Doner I get more
sleep and better quality sleep and wake up refreshed
and full of energy. My life looks brighter!”