How to get rid of insomnia—1 SIMPLE WAY
In this article, I want to share with you how to get rid of insomnia, I will show you a very effective way to deal with this nagging problem. I am describing this issue on my blog because I have been struggling with insomnia for a very long time, and it has had a very negative impact on my life. Insomnia and its consequences are a very unpleasant topic, and I don’t need to tell that to people who suffer from it.
This article will show you 1 simple way how to get rid of insomnia that will work in 100% cases where insomnia is caused by stress, fear, excess tasks to do, tension and fear of insomnia, which is probably most of the cases that meet us in the modern world. Read the entire article to overcome your insomnia, because it is very important to understand the problem itself through an in-depth and informed familiarisation of the subject.
A brief overview of my insomnia, or the causes of insomnia
My problem with insomnia started a few years ago when I began working as a restaurant manager and was already running my business on Amazon. The new job was very demanding and stressful for me. I had to overcome many new barriers and break my comfort zone in a very significant way. Difficult work and excess duties resulted in a high level of stress and exhaustion of the body. There were busy nights and late work. The lack of sleep resulted in even higher levels of stress and a lack of ability to focus on the work being done.
Over time, my attention was increasingly focused on the fact that “I need to get some sleep”, because my body always have poor performance without enough sleep. However, excessive focus on falling asleep caused even greater problems for me in this aspect. Very often I couldn’t fall asleep and I would wake up very early in the morning, thinking that I wouldn’t get enough sleep and wouldn’t be able to function properly the next day. The thought of facing a difficult day due to lack of sleep caused me to be unable to fall asleep and experience insomnia. This, of course, resulted in a lack of focus all day long and great tension. The problem was occurring more and more often, and I developed long-term insomnia, or rather anxiety about insomnia, which was causing the insomnia.
Hyperintention, or the fear of insomnia
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl in his brilliant book “Man’s Search for Meaning” describes the phenomenon of hyperintentions on the example of, among others, insomnia. The concept of hyperintention is defined as an excessive focus on the goal. What does this mean in practice? If you excessively try, for example, to fall asleep and constantly think that you only have 7 hours of sleep left and that you won’t be able to sleep well, that you will mess up the next day, the result of this is precisely the inability to fall asleep and shallow, nervous sleep. Hyperintentions cause us great stress, which prevents us from relaxing up and falling into the deep sleep that is necessary for us.
The concept of hyperintention and excessive concentration can be demonstrated in many different examples, and this mechanism manifests itself in various types of anxieties and phobias. A great example is the excessive focus during sex and the topic of achieving orgasm. If we overly focus during sex and think too much about what we need to do, we stop feeling pleasure and this can result in sexual issues, especially problems with achieving orgasm.
Anxiety is the main cause of sleep problems
The same applies in many other areas of life. If you want to talk to a girl, speak in public, have a job interview, etc. and you overly focus on what you have to do, the result of your actions may be lamentable. The stress and anxiety caused by hyperintentions deprives you of confidence and freedom of action. You start to feel the fear of failure, which results in stress and ineffective action. The nervousness caused by exaggerated concentration will make you feel and act uncertain in everyday situations.
Due to excessive focus on the task, you are overanalyzing the situation and stressing excessively, all of which is preventing you from successfully performing certain actions in a way that ensures your success. You know perfectly well that people who approach many things in a relaxed manner handle them much better. Unfortunately, fear of failure makes you perform the task poorly or even avoid it altogether. As you can see, the concept of hyperintention works not only in situations of sleeplessness, but in our entire lives.
Paradoxical intention, or simple treatment of insomnia without any medication
So, how to get rid of insomnia caused by anxiety and stress then? Viktor Frankl presented in his book a great way that we can apply in case of insomnia caused by anxiety. This worked 100% for me and that’s why I want to share this solution with you too.
The way is simple and can be applied immediately—it is a paradoxical intention, that is, a desire for what we are so afraid of. Imagine that you don’t need to sleep at all and you don’t have to go to bed early. Your attitude must be opposite to fear. By going to bed or waking up at night, don’t try to fall asleep. Remember that your body alone is able to adjust your sleep and if you need it, you’ll just fall asleep. If you don’t feel like sleeping yet, don’t go to bed. Six hours of good sleep is better than ten hours of sleep in stress and fear of not getting enough rest. Focus on not wanting to fall asleep and just try not to fall asleep while lying in bed. This is the first and most important part of solving the problem of insomnia caused by anxiety and stress.
How to get rid of insomnia? Understanding the problem is the best treatment
The second part of solving insomnia is to understand the whole mechanism of hyperintentions and paradoxical intentions. Understanding how our body works is another very important factor, because we comprehend our problem and are aware of the causes of our disorders. A simple explanation of the phenomenon followed by the application of the mechanism of paradoxical intention will make you feel a huge relief by understanding the cause of the problem.
This way, we can step out of ourselves a bit and see the problem from a different perspective—it’s a great way to treat insomnia and many other ailments and medications. Looking at ourselves from the side is a wonderful skill and it helps us to control our emotions and fears in various situations that we encounter every day, and insomnia is a great example that helps to understand this mechanism and apply it in many aspects of our lives. Understanding our minds and learning has also helped me to overcome my depression.
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Original post: How to get rid of insomnia
How to get rid of insomnia—1 SIMPLE WAY to do it FOREVER — watch the video
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Hi! I’m Tomek.
From Waiter To Millionaire.
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In this video, I want to present you
a very simple way to overcome insomnia.
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I had been struggling with it
for several years and had a big problem,
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as my life
suffered a lot because of it.
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I want to show you a very simple way
that worked for me
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and which is able to improve
the quality of sleep in 100% of cases.
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I’m talking about insomnia which
is caused by the anxiety of insomnia,
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a stress and the excess of tasks.
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When it comes to our personal
or work life, we often get stressed
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and we can’t sleep, we’re afraid
that we won’t get enough sleep,
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we feel stress, tension
and this causes insomnia.
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In this video, I’ll show you
a very simple way to overcome insomnia
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caused by such things.
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It’s very important for you
to watch this video in its entirety,
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because – apart from
this very simple way –
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it’s also very important
to understand the problem and explain it,
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as it will also help you
overcome insomnia.
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So, let’s get to the point.
I’ll tell you briefly about my insomnia.
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I was having a problem with it
for several years,
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when I became a restaurant manager and
started running my business on Amazon.
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The excess of responsibilities, stress,
overwork, tension –
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it made me unable to sleep.
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I worked late, pulling all-nighters,
but I had no problems with sleep at first.
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However, later on, I began to be stressed
that the next day is very demanding,
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I was waking up early
and then I started having anxiety
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that I won’t get enough sleep
and that I’ll fail at work
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because of being sleep-deprived.
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And we all know that we function badly
while not having enough sleep.
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So, the fear of it
caused the lack of sleep, tension
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when I lay laid down or I often had
such a problem that I woke up
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at 3 a.m.
and I couldn’t sleep till morning.
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I was mentally exhausted,
sleep-deprived
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and I couldn’t do anything
for the entire day.
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And every evening, I stressed
that I won’t sleep another night
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and it resulted in sleep deprivation,
waking up at night,
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waking up before morning and nerves.
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Of course, my efficiency during the day
was very low and I couldn’t sleep.
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And I’ve been struggling with
insomnia for years.
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I managed to solve it in a very simple way
that I want to show you.
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I read a great book recently,
“Man’s Search for Meaning”,
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by Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl.
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In this book, the author describes
his experiences from
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4 concentration camps,
in which he went through difficult times.
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This psychiatrist,
Viktor Frankl,
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describes the workings of
the human psyche.
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He also describes
the mechanism of hyper-intention,
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that is, a mechanism in our head
which results in
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an exaggerated concentration
on achieving some goal.
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I’ll explain it to you
on the example of insomnia,
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but it can be applied to
many other problems in our lives.
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The mechanism of hyper-intention
involves an exaggerated focus
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on achieving some goal.
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If you overfocus on the fact
that you have to sleep well,
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because you have
a hard day ahead of you –
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usually, you have a hard day every day,
as life demands a lot of activities –
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and if you overfocus on
getting enough sleep,
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on the fact that you have
little time left till the morning,
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that if you don’t get enough sleep,
you’ll function badly the next day,
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then the mechanism of hyper-intention
won’t let you relax.
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This mechanism works in
many different aspects of life.
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Viktor Frankl in his book
“Man’s Search for Meaning”
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compares this mechanism
to many other things,
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like achieving an orgasm,
in the case of sex,
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if you overfocus on achieving an orgasm
or you focus too much on yourself
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and you think too much what to do.
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It can also be applied to the situation
in which you go for a job interview
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and you think intensely
that you must perform well.
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Or when you approach a boy or a girl
and you want to impress them.
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When the mechanism of hyper-intention
overfocuses you on the fact
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that you must perform well,
then anxiety appears,
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so you can’t relax
and use your abilities.
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In the case of insomnia,
the mechanism of hyper-intention
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causes a great anxiety.
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Anxiety is a problem in this situation,
as the anxiety that is triggered in you,
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doesn’t allow you to relax and sleep.
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At this point, it doesn’t matter
if you spend 5 or 10 hours in bed –
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you still won’t get enough sleep.
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But if you get rid of this anxiety,
then you just need 6 hours of good sleep.
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Now, why is it that some people
who don’t give a damn about anything
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don’t stress and they perform well,
while people who get emotional
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in case of anxiety,
whether it’s insomnia or not,
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can’t focus and do some task?
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That’s the mechanism of hyper-intention –
overfocusing on a goal.
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It’s very important to
understand this mechanism,
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before we move on to a method
that will help you fight insomnia.
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If you focus too much
on the fact that you must sleep
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and it causes you to stress,
to feel anxiety of insomnia and tension,
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then your body can’t relax,
you can’t sleep and you get tired.
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Every day is lost, as you
don’t get enough sleep
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and it rolls like a snowball – causing
fatigue and a stress the next night.
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And that’s how it goes.
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Now, how to overcome overfocusing
and anxiety of insomnia,
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basing on this mechanism?
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Viktor Frankl
in his book proposes
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a very simple method
called paradoxical intention.
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How does this method work?
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In the case of fear of insomnia
and many other cases –
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where you have to deal with
fears, phobias, compulsions, etc.,
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you can apply this mechanism
to many different aspects of life –
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this method relies on
paradoxical intention.
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That is, you try to do something
opposite to your fear, phobia, etc.
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So, if you have a problem with insomnia,
you can’t get enough sleep,
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and you’re stressed by it,
then you should take the opposite steps –
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you should try not to sleep.
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It may seem ridiculous,
but if you try not to sleep,
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your intention is not sleeping,
you try to force yourself not to sleep,
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then guess what – you sleep like a log.
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It’s a method that I tested
and it works brilliantly.
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I’ve been struggling with sleep
for 2 years,
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having anxiety of insomnia,
stress and waking up at night.
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When I applied this method,
I just try not to sleep,
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telling myself that
I don’t want to sleep,
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that I don’t need it and direct
my thoughts and attention
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to the fact that I don’t need to sleep
and it’d be OK to be sleep-deprived.
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At this point,
using this method for some time,
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I sleep like a baby every night.
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I’m not bothered by many factors
that caused me to wake up.
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I sleep well, I wake up well-rested
and I have a lust for life.
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It’s hard for me to believe that
such a simple method works so fine.
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To sum up – try to stay awake,
use paradoxical intention
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and focus your attention
on what you’re afraid of.
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That is, if you’re afraid of
not getting enough sleep,
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try to stay awake.
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If you’re stressed by
something else,
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think “OK, I’m stressed by it,
that’s no problem”.
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In this way,
you release tension
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and your body knows
how much sleep it needs.
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If you relax by applying this method,
then your organism will regulate sleep
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and you’ll sleep very well.
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Even if you wake up before morning
and you apply this method,
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that is, thinking that
you don’t need to sleep and you’ll relax –
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you’ll sleep well
and you’ll have a deep sleep.
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It’ll cause you to rest in a great way.
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You can start using this method today
and it’ll work from the first day.
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It doesn’t require drugs,
as I also tried
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various sleeping pills,
herbal medicines, etc. –
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it doesn’t help
in the case of anxiety at all.
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Using this method is a first part,
but the second very important method is
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understanding this problem,
that is, to watch this entire video.
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You must know
how your brain works,
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that insomnia is caused by the fear of
not getting enough sleep,
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that hyper-intention is about
overfocusing on a problem,
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which causes tension
and inability to act.
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You should also use
paradoxical intention, that is,
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try to set yourself up for the opposite
and try not to sleep.
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So, you should understand your psyche
and theory about it,
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gaining knowledge
from different sources.
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You should also be able to
see yourself from the outside
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and in this way use this method,
as it’ll work well.
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If you understand this problem
subconsciously, it’ll be solved.
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It applies to many things in your life –
understanding psyche and problem
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allows you to free from it
and you start to see clearly.
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If you’re able to look at yourself
from the outside,
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you’re able to release from
your emotions and solve problems.
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Looking at yourself from the outside
is a great ability in life and business,
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as you’re able to approach
many issues in a relaxed manner.
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So, use the mechanism
of paradoxical intention,
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try to consciously direct your thinking
that you don’t need to sleep.
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It’ll cause great relaxation in your mind
and you’ll sleep well.
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In addition,
try to understand a problem,
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because the understanding of a problem
will be a solution for it.
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Be welcome to read the article
linked below this video.
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This article is about
the problem of insomnia.
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Read it, apply the method,
try to understand this problem
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and I’m certain
that it’ll help you greatly.
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In my case, it works brilliantly
and I’m very happy
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that I’m a different person
after using this method.
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If you’ve liked this material,
check out my other videos.
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many aspects of life,
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how to overcome your comfort zone,
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and how to publish books on Amazon.
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Contents
- 1 How to get rid of insomnia—1 SIMPLE WAY
- 1.1 A brief overview of my insomnia, or the causes of insomnia
- 1.2 Hyperintention, or the fear of insomnia
- 1.3 Anxiety is the main cause of sleep problems
- 1.4 Paradoxical intention, or simple treatment of insomnia without any medication
- 1.5 How to get rid of insomnia? Understanding the problem is the best treatment