Causes of Insomnia
Insomnia is a disorder characterized by not being able to get to sleep on going to bed, or by waking up during the night and not being able to get back to sleep, or by sleeping lightly, so that you feel tired throughout the next day. It is extremely important to find out the cause of your insomnia, because any treatment will depend on the particular cause of your problem ? what should be treated is the cause, not the symptoms. However, it is sometimes quite difficult to get at the real cause, because there are so many possibilities, and in some cases there may be more than just one cause. Maybe there are psychological factors, maybe it?s stress, or perhaps even what is known as ?learned insomnia?.
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December 6, 2007
Anxiety Sleep Disorders
Most of us have problems sleeping now and again, but that doesn’t mean we’re suffering from insomnia or some other sleeping disorder. It only becomes a worrying experience when the problem lasts over a considerable period of time and begins to affect our everyday lives.
When insomnia is caused by anxiety, the problem may not be quite so simple to cure as you might have expected because anxiety sleep disorder can range from mild to very severe, which can keep you from getting any sleep at all. Among the different kinds of anxiety sleep disorder, you will find one that is especially nerve-racking and that is when you get panic disorders.
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