Sleep phobia

Sleeping is basically something that everyone needs to do every day, because the human body needs to sleep to relieve physical fatigue and restore energy after a day of hard work. But I don’t know if you have ever heard of sleep phobia. People with this disorder usually can’t fall asleep at night and suffer from insomnia. This will have a great impact on people's spirit the next day, so how to overcome sleep phobia?

Insomnia phobia is a long-term insomnia disease caused by self-psychological suggestion. It often occurs in people under high pressure and is a psychological illness. The initial cause is often occasional insomnia, which then creates a shadow in the mind about insomnia, and self-suggestions before going to bed, which increase the fear of insomnia and cause anxiety and irritability, leading to even more inability to fall asleep or extremely poor sleep quality. The fear in the heart deepens, and then enters a vicious circle.

1. Pure drug treatment

Insomnia phobia is a mental illness. The main treatment method is to overcome the fear mentally. As an auxiliary, you can take some calming Chinese medicine or tranquilizers appropriately. However, relying solely on drug treatment is only a temporary solution and does not address the root cause. Moreover, this type of drug can easily cause dependence and have some side effects that are very harmful to the body.

2. Passive therapy

Use some negative means to force yourself to fall asleep. For example, among the patients I have come into contact with, one method used was to drink alcohol before going to bed. He would get himself drunk before going to bed every night, and then he could fall asleep easily. The result is a serious dependence on alcohol, which causes great damage to the body in the long run, and if you don't drink at night, you will still be fearful and anxious and unable to fall asleep. Similar methods will only increase the burden on the body. Even if you can fall asleep, you will still feel listless after waking up. It will do more harm than good.

3. "Book-oriented" treatment

Just like what Chairman Mao said about book worship, some patients, after obtaining a treatment method in the hospital or on the Internet, copy it completely and strictly follow the step-by-step treatment method. This may reduce the fear of insomnia in their hearts, but at the same time, it adds psychological suggestions about the method itself. That is to say, if one step of the method is not done well today, they will give themselves psychological suggestions about this step at night, which may still lead to insomnia. You should know that these methods are useful but not entirely applicable to individuals. You should modify them appropriately according to your own situation to achieve the best results.

Mental warfare

As a mental illness, the best way is to overcome this hurdle mentally, maintain a positive attitude, overcome the fear of insomnia, and slowly reduce the psychological implications of this fear before going to bed. The following are some specific methods for self-suggestion:

1. Don’t think about what you have to do tomorrow before going to bed. Convince yourself from the bottom of your heart that it won’t have much impact if you don’t do tomorrow’s things. Don’t let yourself feel any burden. This method is suitable for patients with milder symptoms.

2. Don’t take insomnia so seriously. In fact, insomnia is no big deal. Just wash your face and wake up the next day, and you can still do what you need to do.

3. Change your perspective and look at insomnia with a positive mindset. Since you can't sleep at night anyway, you might as well use this time to think about and plan your life, and think about some things that you usually ignore. Although this wastes tomorrow's energy, it will definitely be of greater benefit to your future development. If you have something important to do tomorrow, use this time to think about the details and prepare in advance. Using this kind of thinking to reduce the fear of insomnia is suitable for severe patients.

Joining the group reduces fear

You are not the only one suffering from insomnia. There are many people in life who silently endure the pain of insomnia. You can integrate into the group of insomniacs, encourage each other, reduce the fear of insomnia, and learn from others' methods to find your own treatment method.

Stress Reduction

Health comes first. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself at work or study. Exercise regularly, maintain an optimistic attitude, eat and drink as you should, enrich your life, and take some Chinese medicine to calm the nerves and nourish the brain as appropriate.

(1) Walnut: It tastes sweet and warm in nature. It is a very good nourishing food that can treat neurasthenia, forgetfulness, insomnia and nightmares. Take polished rice, walnut kernels and black sesame seeds, simmer them over low heat to make a thin porridge for consumption. You can add sugar to adjust the taste and eat it before going to bed.

(2) Red dates: They are warm in nature, sweet in taste, red in color, and have moist flesh. They have the effects of nourishing the five internal organs, benefiting the spleen and stomach, nourishing blood and calming the mind. They have a significant effect on dreaminess, insomnia, and mental confusion caused by weak qi and blood. Take red dates, remove the core, add water and boil until soft. Add rock sugar and donkey-hide gelatin and simmer until it becomes a paste. Eat 1 to 2 tablespoons before going to bed.

(3) Honey: It has the effects of nourishing the middle and replenishing Qi, calming the five internal organs, harmonizing hundreds of medicines, and detoxifying hundreds of poisons. It has significant effect on patients with insomnia. Take 50 grams of honey before going to bed every night and mix it with 1 cup of warm water to drink.

( IV) Longan: It is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It has the effects of nourishing the heart and brain, nourishing blood and calming the mind. You can drink longan tea or add longan and sugar to make a decoction before going to bed, which is beneficial to improving sleep.

(5) Lychee: Lychee tastes sweet and slightly sour and has a mild nature. Lychee is rich in glucose, sucrose, vitamin B, vitamin A, citric acid, folic acid and free amino acids. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that litchi has the effect of "calming the mind, improving intelligence, and strengthening the spleen". It is a rare fruit that can calm the mind and prolong life for people with forgetfulness and insomnia.

(6) Lotus seeds: Lotus seeds are sweet, mild in nature, fragrant and delicious, and have the effect of nourishing the heart, calming the mind and soothing the nerves. The ingredients contained in lotus seeds such as nelumbinine, lotus alkaloids, and aromatic II have a sedative effect. In addition, eating lotus seeds can promote the pancreas to secrete insulin, thereby increasing the supply of 5-tryptamine, which can help people fall asleep.