If you are anxious and or have stress on your mind this can contribute to and even cause insomnia. On top of this, troubles falling asleep can add further stress and anxiety, potentially adding fuel to an evil and perpetual cycle of insomnia.
A cycle of stress-related insomnia, my GOD that sounds pretty annoying doesn’t it? But don’t despair, you can break this cycle by being proactive and implementing some simple stress management strategies (see below).
It is essential to understand the root cause(s) of the stress that may be contributing to and exacerbating your insomnia. This can easily be achieved by keeping and updating a journal/ log on the aspects of life, which you believe to be leading to stress throughout the day. Such stress, if not controlled may lead to overthinking during the night.
By making such notes you have the capacity to then understand, process, and hopefully remove or manage such dilemmas in your life that are causing you stress.
Whilst you tackle these root causes, in the meantime you can incorporate stress relief techniques before hitting the hay. A couple of easy and practical examples include:
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