Insomnia is a sleep disorder from which millions all over the world suffer People who suffer from this uncomfortable sleep disorder lie in bed at night, tossing and turning, desperately trying to force themselves to fall sleep.
But the harder they try the more difficult they find it to fall asleep.
The problem, to a very large extent, lies in their attitude to sleep, their mental attitude.
When people who have suffered from insomnia for a long time, before they go to be at night they are convinced they are going to have difficulties falling asleep.
They have virtually resigned themselves to the fact that they suffer from severe insomnia and they are going to have problems falling asleep.
If you suffer from insomnia, it is very important to remember that insomnia is not a disease, it's a sleep disorder.
Disorders can be cured.
Insomnia can certainly be cured.
A very common feature of most disorders is that they are the result of certain habits that have become ingrained in one's behavior patterns.
In some respects this sleep disorder is similar to another common disorder, an eating disorder.
An eating disorder, more often than not, is the result of bad eating habits.
A sleep disorder is also the result of bad habits before you go to bed.
How do you change bad habits? It's not all that complicated.
You replace your bad habits with good habits.
To cure your insomnia - your sleep disorder -make a point of establishing certain good habits every night before retiring to bed.
Let your habits become a ritual.
A "ritual" is described in the dictionary as a "prescribed order of performing certain acts.
" The word "ritual" itself is usually associated with acts that have some religious significance that are termed "rites".
But in order for these acts to be effective there's not need for religion to be involved in any way.
Here are six suggestions of actions you can perform before going to bed, as part of a ritual that will help you to cure your insomnia.

• Make a point of performing certain very light exercises before going to bed.
  It must be stressed that they should be light exercises.
  They do not have to be vigorous exercises.
  In fact it's better if they are not strenuous.
  But perform exactly the same exercises every time.
  It can even involve swinging your arms a fixed number of times.
  Count while you perform this simple exercise.
  
• Stand at an open window and perform certain definite deep breathing exercises - here again to a specific count and a specific number of times.
  Here again be very rigid in following the identical process every night before retiring.
  
• Have a certain very light meal or drink - perhaps a glass of warm milk with honey or a small piece of good quality, black chocolate.
  Make sure it's the same small meal as part of your ritual.
  
• As you brush your teeth before going to bed, mentally count up to a fixed pre-determined number.
  
• Turn your pillow over a fixed number of times, or pat it a fixed number of times.
  
• Listen to a certain piece of pre-recorded light music that you find especially soothing and relaxing.
  

These are six actions that you should perform relgiously.
Obviously there's nothing remarkable about them - you can follow an physical actions you choose as part of your sleep ritual.
But it's important to remember that you MUST perform the identical actions - the same ritual - every night before going to bed.
Start tonight to change your bad habits and you'll enjoy a sound relaxing, good night's sleep.
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