Insomnia

Whether we recognize it or not, many people suffer from insomnia. According to the US department of Health and Human Services in 2007, approximately 34 million Americans regularly suffer from insomnia each year. It is 41 per cent more common in women than in men (according to Wikipedia). As we already know, insomnia is a sleeping disorder.

There are three types of insomnia: transient, acute, and chronic. (Wikipedia)

1. Transient insomnia lasts for less than a week. It can be caused by another disorder, by changes in the sleep environment, by the timing of sleep, severe depression or by stress.
2. Acute insomnia is the inability to consistently sleep well for a period of less than a month.
3. Chronic insomnia lasts for longer than a month. It can be caused by another disorder, or it can be a primary disorder. Its effects can vary according to its causes. They might include being unable to sleep, muscular fatigue, hallucinations, and/or mental fatigue; but people with chronic insomnia often show increased alertness.

Too much caffeine or vitamins can cause insomnia. Changing environment and stress is the most general cause of the sleeping disorder. Insomnia is considered a common disease nowadays.

Since insomnia is a sleeping disorder, it is important that we make our body exhausted so that we can sleep well at night.

1. Exercise before you sleep: it will make your body feel tired.
2. Take a shower (or bath) before you sleep: it will make you feel relaxed
3. Drink some hot tea (can be hot milk) before you sleep
4. Use subtle perfume beside your bed (aroma)
5. Do not do any unneccessary thinking in bed
6. Do not force your body to get to sleep quickly, and relax
7. Do not eat too much before you sleep

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