Can someone develop insomnia?
yes if you dont have a healthy lifestyle
What Causes Insomnia?
There are many possible causes of insomnia. Sometimes there is one main cause, but often several factors interacting together will cause a sleep disturbance. The causes of insomnia include:
Psychological causes
Physical causes
Temporary events or factors
Psychological Causes
In many people, insomnia can be the result of:
Anxiety, a condition in which individuals feel increased tension, apprehension, and feelings of helplessness, fear, worry, and uncertainty. This may be due to the effects that other people at work have on us, financial worries, concerns over relationships outside work or numerous other causes.
For more detailed information about anxiety, go to Anxiety: How To Stop Worrying.
Stress, or how effectively a person copes with any emotional, physical, social, economic, or other factor that requires a response or change.
For more detailed information about coping with stress, go to Stress And How To Manage It.
Depression, a mood disturbance characterized by feelings of sadness, despair, and discouragement.
For more detailed information about depression, go to Depression: How To Overcome It.
In addition, a lack of a good night's sleep can lead to these very same psychological problems, and a vicious cycle can develop. Professional counseling from a doctor, therapist, or sleep specialist can help individuals cope with these conditions.
Physical Causes
The physical causes of insomnia include the following:
Hormonal changes in women. These include premenstrual syndrome, menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause.
For more detailed information about premenstrual syndrome, go to Premenstrual Syndrome.
Decreased melatonin. The levels of melatonin, the hormone that helps control sleep, decrease as a person ages. By age 60, the body produces very little melatonin.
Medical conditions. These include allergies, arthritis, asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure, hyperthyroidism, and Parkinson's disease.
For more detailed information about arthritis, go to Osteoarthritis.
For more detailed information about asthma, go to Asthma.
For more detailed information about heart disease, go to Heart Disease: How To Reduce The Risk.
For more detailed information about high blood pressure, go to High Blood Pressure.
For more detailed information about hyperthyroidism, go to Hyperthyroidism.
For more detailed information about Parkinson's disease, go to Parkinson's Disease.
Pain. Pain and discomfort from a medical illness or injury often interfere with sleep.
Genetics. Problems with insomnia do seem to run in some families, although researchers have yet to identify how genetics play a role.
Other sleep disorders. These include sleep apnea (in which one temporarily stops breathing during sleep) and periodic leg and arm movements during sleep (in which one's muscles excessively twitch or jerk).
Temporary Events Or Factors
Short-term insomnia can be linked to events and factors that are often temporary, such as:
Adjustment sleep disorder. This form of sleeplessness is a reaction to change or stress. It may be caused by a traumatic event such as an illness or loss of a loved one, or a minor event such as a change in the weather or an argument with someone.
Jet lag. Air travel across time zones often causes brief bouts of insomnia.
Working the night shift or long shifts. Individuals who work at night and those who work long shifts may have trouble adjusting their sleep habits.
Medications. Insomnia can be a side effect of various medications, both prescription and over-the-counter.
Overuse of caffeine and alcohol. Caffeine most commonly disrupts sleep. While a drink or two before bed may help a person relax, more than that can lead to fragmented sleep and wakefulness a few hours later.
Environmental noise, extreme temperatures, or a change in a person's surrounding environment.
Need To Know:
Insomnia can be a sign of an undiagnosed medical or psychological condition. If insomnia persists for more than a few weeks, it's best to see your doctor for a physical exam.
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An alternative is to use the EFT, in section 53, and pages 2.q, and 2.o, saying to yourself: "Even though I currently have a sleep disorder, I deeply and completely accept myself." (or choose your own wording) while you use the acupressure. Some more; quick, and easy to learn, are at http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.htm The progressive muscle relaxation, (most easily learned) guided imagery, and mindfulness breathing are known to be effective.
Find out which works best for you, in the daylight hours, so you will be prepared, come bedtime. For many people, a good idea is to develop a set "wind down" routine for the last hour before bedtime, so your subconscious mind learns that it is time to put thinking aside, and prepare for mindfulness, (awareness, without cogitation/purposeful thought) or the EFT, in preparation for sleep, but the idea with mindfulness is to not even think about sleeping: just drift off, naturally, during exercising those techniques.
Avoid TV, computer, or anything exciting in this hour, although reading a BORING! book is a good idea. I suggest that you try using the EMDR variant, below, prior to the mindfulness, or the progressive muscular relaxation, but after the EFT, if that method is chosen. Experiment, to find which combination works best for you.
In section 3 at ezy build: INSOMNIA: PAGE O – INSOMNIA: A COMPREHENSIVE POST a variant of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing therapy is shown, which has been used successfully for those people suffering from insomnia, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and anxiety. It is easily learned, quick to use, yet can be very effective; although it is easy to be dismissive of such a seemingly unusual technique, give it a good tryout, for at least a few weeks, to see if it is effective in your case. I learned it from a book by a published clinical psychologist, on depression insomnia, and now use it every night, and find it works well.
No coffee, tea, or other caffeine (see list in section 7) within 6 hrs of bedtime! Try a cup of chamomile herbal tea, an hour before bedtime, and employ many of the techniques in section 3. Others may prefer Sleepytime, by Celestial Seasonings, Relax, Be Sleepy, or valerian root (valerian "hangovers" possible), from supermarket tea, or health food aisles. Milk, or cream should not be used with herbal tea. http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris Get up and do something, like read a book, if you can't sleep within 20 mns. Personally, I prefer to use the EMDR, then word/phrase repetition for a short time, changing over to mindfulness breathing; however, you may well find another method more effective. Bright light, preferably sunlight, soon after awakening, (even if overcast) resets circadian rhythms, regulating melatonin production in the brain.
Insomnia may be a symptom of Nighttime Eating Syndrome.
Types of Insomnia
There are different classifications of insomnia: transient, intermittent, and chronic. Transient insomnia is short term insomnia. It can last from a single night to a few weeks. Intermittent Insomnia is insomnia that occurs on and off. Chronic insomnia is insomnia that occurs constantly, usually most nights and lasts for a month or more.
Who gets Insomnia?
Anyone can have insomnia. Insomnia occurs in women, the elderly, and individuals with a history of depression, or bipolar disorder.
Stress, anxiety, a medical problem, or the use of certain medications can contribute to developing insomnia.
What causes Insomnia?
Insomnia can be caused by many different things. Transient and intermittent insomnia usually occur in people who are temporarily experiencing: stress, environmental noise, extreme temperatures, change in the surrounding environment, sleep/wake schedule problems such as those due to jet lag, or medication side effects.
The cause of Chronic insomnia is more complex than the causes of transient and intermittent insomnia. It often results from a combination of factors, including underlying physical or mental disorders. One of the most common causes of chronic insomnia is depression.