What is insomnia?
Insomnia is misunderstood and often underdiagnosed as it was originally thought to be a symptom of other medical or mental health issues. It is now it's own diagnosis and the most prevalent of all sleep disorders.
Types of Insomnia
There are two types of insomnia.
Sleep-onset insomnia is taking an hour or more to go to sleep.
Sleep-maintenance insomnia is taking an hour or more to go back to sleep after waking in the night.
You can have either type or both at the same time. It can come and go depending on what's happening in your life.
Chronic Insomnia
It's completely normal to have trouble sleeping when you are experiencing stressful situations, like a death, divorce or separation, or financial or health crisis.
However, if it is occurring three or more times per week and has been going on for longer than a few months, then it becomes a chronic and problematic issue.
Clinical diagnosis
A clinical diagnosis occurs when you perceive a detrimental consequence to your insomnia.
For example, after a bad night of sleep, if you feel stressed, anxious, irritable, unproductive, unmotivated, or other negative effects BECAUSE you had a bad night of sleep, that would fall in the clinical diagnosis.
It is recommended by multiple expert medical associations, that chronic insomnia be treated with a process called CBT-i (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia).
ABOUT
Hi, I'm Lana Walsh. I’m a sleep and insomnia expert who can transform your life in just a few weeks!
I'm committed to helping you conquer insomnia so you wake up with the energy to live your dream life!
I love this work because I struggled for decades to sleep through the night. Most nights, I would lie awake in the middle of the night for hours, frustrated that I couldn’t sleep. Why was this so hard? When the alarm would ring, I’d be exhausted and have to convince myself that I had to get up to go to work, to head to that appointment, to live my life. I was so grumpy that my family knew not to talk to me, or even look at me, before my first cup of coffee or I might take their head off. Everything became about tomorrow. I’ll sleep better tonight and tomorrow I’ll finish that project, start that exercise program, or join that class. But tomorrow never came.
For 30 years I coped with my daily exhaustion and during this time I tried everything from pharmaceuticals to banana peel tea and nothing worked.
What made all the difference was a specific process of behaviour change that completely transformed my life. Now, I sleep consistently through the night, and instead of feeling exhausted, I wake up rested and energized. Instead of convincing myself to do what I needed or wanted, I was motivated and excited to do it all and more. Instead of feeling powerless in my inability to sleep, I was confident that I could and would sleep. My anxiety about my sleep turned to joy.
Now, I'm passionate about educating people on how sleep impacts life and how just a few weeks can transform your life so you can wake up rested and motivated to achieve all of your goals and dreams.
Whether you have trouble sleeping yourself or you're looking to help your staff perform at their best, I can help.
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