Books are a great resources for some issues, sleep deprivation included. Hence, if you are looking for a good book to refer to then the “Six Steps to Sleep Now” from Sleep guru Peter Litchfield should be something useful to check out.

In addition to the six step program the book offers solutions and advice for subjects such as Waking up During the Night, Stress, Anxiety and Sleep, Sleeping the Night before a Big Occasion, Napping, Sleeping with a Partner, Smoking and Sleep, Alcohol and Sleep and Sleeping on an Aeroplane.

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Chinese Medicine can be considered controversial yet amazing at times, depending on how you look at them. There are normally Chinese herbs that are for anything but mostly on a healthy aspect. Green Tea for one has been known as an anti-oxidant and from the looks of it, there is bound to be one Chinese medicine made for the sleep-deprived individuals.

There is actually an approach for Insomniacs with the “Calm the Shen”. “Shen” is best translated as the spirit of the person in a nonreligious sense. When evaluating Shen, the Chinese Medicine practitioner is looking for the emotional state and presence (or lack) of radiance, calm, and balance. Often with sleep disturbances, the patient will be experiencing patterns of stress, anxiety, or agitation. Chinese Medicine would call this “disturbed shen.”

Care to try it?

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What makes a person become paranoid? While there are a lot of point leading to the reasons behind Paranoia, you can surely add insomnia to that list. Insomnia has been known to cause stress, anxiety and depression to people suffering from it, and if you look a bit closer, it is without question that these are present in people suffering from Paranoia as well.

We have been used to seeing one health issue related to another and if you expound the issue of Insomnia, Paranoia would have certainly the same symptoms as well.

“As most of us know, a few nights of poor sleep can make us feel stressed, muddled in our thinking, and disconnected from the world.

“These are ideal conditions for paranoid fears to take hold. Regular, good quality sleep is important to our psychological well -being.”

(Source) AFP

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