The role of sleeping plays a huge part in your brain performance, emotions, and overall health. Your body takes this period of time to recover and replenish your body of energy. If you find yourself having trouble falling or staying asleep throughout the night, hold off on taking prescription medications. Psychotherapy treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy might just be what works for you.
Avoiding Prescription Drugs
Most people who struggle with insomnia opt for prescription aid for a more restful sleep. It can oftentimes be a quick fix, but there are several reasons to avoid this option. For one, it’s easy to build a tolerance to most sleep medications very quickly. Over time, your body will become accustomed to the medication, resulting in regularly raising the doses to receive the same effects. Side effects of sleeping pills can include erratic behavior such as sleepwalking, next day drowsiness, and trouble weaning off.
Choose CBT
The most effective non-pharmaceutical method of treating insomnia for many people is the use of psychotherapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you alter the stressful thoughts and beliefs that keep you awake through the night. CBT addresses what causes your sleep problems, such as lifestyle, diet, and mental stressors. Facing the troubles that cause insomnia, rather than temporarily relieving it, is more likely to lead to long-term results. It might require more commitment and effort, but is known to help eliminate feelings of anxiety, causing you to sleep through the night without disturbance. Therapy is meant to tackle your negative thoughts, and to help you process these thoughts in a whole new way.
Sleep is crucial for your mental and physical health, and can greatly impact the quality of your everyday life. Resist relying on a quick fix, and target your inner self in order to repair your relationship with sleep. Allow yourself to seek a better way of life through the help of a professional. To schedule an appointment, give us a call or email us through the contact us page.
