The Main Factor of Insomnia: Mental Stress!

[cupidkisses]

I have had sleepless nights for years and there is nothing left that I didn't give a try. I did meditation, drunk herbal teas, did yoga, got rid of electronics any many more things. You guess it and I did it. But nothing worked for me. Sometimes it was because of back pain and sometimes I could find no reason behind it.

At these nights, I feel sleepy so much but can't fall asleep and sometimes I am totally awake. And being awake for hours makes me more stress which causes me to stay awake more!

And finally I found the reason behind my sleepless nights! It was because my brain wasn't stopping to think. It was working too much once I decide to sleep as if there was no time to think in day time. I was thinking about anything especially about my past and future. And sometimes I wasn't thinking about anything but that was just what I was thinking. I was having thoughts unconsciously. So I wasn't aware of it. But my brain was thinking without showing what it was thinking. It is weird, isn't it? I think that's a common thing among people who have insomnia. Most of us can't find the reason behind it because we are not aware of it. Our brain thinks about random things secretly. And we just don't know it and get angry because we can't sleep even many hours has past and it is almost morning. And this makes us more stressed.

This was the reason behind my insomnia. But what was the solution? It was clear that the solution was to stop these thoughts. But when I thought about stopping these thoughts, I was thinking twice more about them! Bad side of our brain. When we try not to think about something, it thinks about that thing twice more. Because we focus on it. Even we focus on not to think.

So I should have just let it go. Let the thoughts come and go. Don't check time not to get stressed. Don't think about anything bad. Don't focus on any thoughts... Just let your brain think about anything. This was hard to manage but it worked.

Now, I take a deep breath and imagine a beautiful place. Sometimes my brain takes me somewhere different. But I don't fight with it. I just let it. It brings different memories but again I do nothing. I just watch whatever it shows... And most importantly, I don't think about time!

[Corran7]

In my case I have problems staying asleep and not so much falling asleep but I agree with the points you made. Stress, anxiety, depression or other factors really take their toll on our mental health and generate negative thoughts and feelings. Relaxing both the conscious and subconscious mind is key and is much easier said than done unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

that's so right n hard to control

[abundantlyrich]

Have you tried melatonin before?

[cupidkisses]

never used pills for it

[abundantlyrich]

what about the melatonin spray

[HappypersonT]

I must be mentally stressed all the time then