Sleeping and sleeping well are essential components of a healthy life. While most of our time is spent staying awake and going about our day, adequate rest is crucial for the recouping and healing of the body, mind, and soul. Even while having a good intake of nutrition and exercise, if there is not enough sleep, then the body can start developing various issues such as faster aging, slower healing, lifestyle diseases, eyesight problems, and mental health issues such as anxiety, fatigue, and restlessness, among many. Insomnia is one of the most common issues that comes up with having trouble in sleep.
What is Insomnia?
Insomnia is a sleep disorder that has been on the rise in India in the past couple of years. Insomnia can have dangerous effects on other cognitive and daily functions of the person that can hamper their memory and concentration, as well as become the cause of many other biological health issues.
The symptoms of insomnia include –
- Having trouble falling asleep at night
- Having trouble waking up during the day
- Having trouble staying asleep throughout the sleeping period
- Facing difficulties in concentrating and paying attention
- Waking up too early
- Feeling tired, exhausted, cranky
- Having a hard time remembering things as easily as you used to, etc.
What causes Insomnia?
Various causes including lifestyle changes and genetics may contribute to the development of insomnia.
- Genetic causes: having a family history of insomnia, i.e., if any person in your family has been suffering from insomnia before can increase the chances of the current generation to develop insomnia. In such cases, treatment is essential.
- Unstable and unhealthy lifestyle: insomnia is commonly diagnosed in people with erratic lifestyles, unhealthy eating habits, irregular sleeping patterns, and timings, excessive screen time, substance abuse, excessive intake of caffeine, drugs, and alcohol, little to no physical movement/exercise during the day, etc. Not maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be one of the major causes for the development of insomnia.
- Occupational hazards: some occupations are more likely to develop insomnia due to irregular sleep schedules and constantly changing working hours and timings. Some occupations where night shifts are very common have also been found to suffer greatly from insomnia as the bio-clock and circadian rhythm never truly follow a pattern and are subjected to continuously changing circumstances.
Can Insomnia be treated?
Yes. Insomnia can be treated and also be prevented from becoming worse which would also prevent it from becoming the cause of various other related issues. Steps can be taken at home by changing your lifestyle, limiting screen time, following a schedule, and making it a habit to stop delaying sleep. However, seeking professional help is essential to prevent it from hampering one’s day-to-day functioning and mental health.
Treatments Used for Insomnia in India
CBT also known as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is the most widely used go-to therapy for Insomnia Treatment India. Various forms and variations of CBT help in reducing the symptoms experienced by the clients and ensure speedy recovery.
CBT-I (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia) is the first-line approach to treat long-term insomnia. It has been extremely effective and scientifically proven while showing a good prognosis in Insomnia treatment India.
Features of CBT- I include:
- Can be conducted offline or online as well.
- It is 6 to 8 week in duration.
- It involves various methods that help establish healthy sleeping habits while rewiring the brain to reduce anxiety about not being able to fall or stay asleep.
Medications are also prescribed to clients in Insomnia Treatment India when the client suffers from long-term and severe insomnia. There, sleep-inducing pills and medication can be prescribed only by a professional psychiatrist.
Methods used in CBT – I for Insomnia Treatment India
- Cognitive therapy: helps to rewire the brain and reduce negative and anxious thoughts about not being able to sleep which keeps the clients up at night.
- Relaxation techniques: techniques such as meditation, breathing, etc., help the client to overcome anxiety and tension that prevents them from falling asleep. It relaxes the body and mind which slowly encourages them to fall asleep.
- Sleep restriction therapy: in this, the amount of time spent on the bed by the client is monitored. It is ensured that the client goes to bed for a specific amount of time even if they are unable to fall asleep to become acquainted with ‘sleep’ and ‘bed’ mentally.
- Stimulus control therapy: in this therapy, clients with insomnia are ensured to go to bed only when they are feeling sleepy and not during other times. This conditions the clients to associate ‘sleeping’ with ‘bed’ and ‘waking’ with ‘out-of-bed’ which allows them to eventually fall asleep.
Why CoachForMind?
- Experienced Psychologists: We are a team of licensed RCI-registered clinical psychologists. Our team is well-experienced in various forms of therapy such as CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, and other therapeutic techniques used in Insomnia Treatment India.
- Personalized Approach: We are dedicated to treating our clients in the best-suited way, carefully curated as per the client’s needs, and adhering to one-on-one, client-centered therapy. Therapies would be tailored according to the needs of the client receiving Insomnia Treatment.
- Scientific Techniques: Our treatment plans and therapeutic methods are based on highly researched scientific findings such as CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy amongst many others used in the treatment of Insomnia.
- Quality service: We at CoachForMind ensure quality services in our treatment regime and therapeutic approaches. Our clients hold most value to us, so we ground our techniques in empathy while maintaining professionalism.
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