Insomnia - wanting to sleep

The bad sleepers obey “somnotoxic” diagrams of thought which take part in the vicious circle of insomnia.

Phobic disorders are neuroses which are considered to be at the origin of some insomnias described as "secondary".

The sleep-wake diary offers a synthetic view over the rhythm of rest and activity, as well as sleep-related events.
Analyzing it helps to understand the ways to naturally reestablish the balance of the sleep clocks and to measure the progress of the results.

The seven great rules that have to be understood before acting against insomnia.

The purpose of this website pages is to allow everyone to determine what is good or not for his/her sleep.
The following advices can only make sense if the reader has a sufficient information basis to understand them and thus accept them.
In a consultation, the simple prescription of instructions is often illusory.
It is very difficult to obtain good results before the following two stages have been carried out: 1°) manage to bring the subject to understand the ins and outs of sleep (…)

The main "somnications" (the natural medications of sleep) are the nap, the light, the heat, and pleasure, because the quality and the depth of sleep depend in fact on the quality of wakefulness.

How to manage the problems of insomnia ?
When can the treatments be used .
The personal management;
The vicious circle of the sleeping pills:
Basic principles of self-management;
Efficiency of the program.
How to manage the problem ?
By taking a treatment ? First reflex, but not the best thing to do... In fact, the sleeping pills only act on the awareness of the events : Their amnesic effect is only exerted on the memory and the (…)

Insomnia is the illness of someone who suffers from being awake when he/she wishes to sleep.
That suffering is amplified by the conjunction of two factors :
Vicious circle of acquired insomnia. on one hand, the subject loses a lot of time in bed for nothing because he/she thinks (right or wrong) that he/she has to wait for the sleep to come; on the other hand, he/she strongly overestimates the length of that wait, because he/she develops the skills of a watcher which he/she uses to (…)