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Article Title: Curing Insomnia - Achieve Pure Sleep and Eliminate Chronic
Insomnia without Medication
Author: Alexis Girvan
Category: Health, Wellness
Word Count: 699
Keywords: pure sleep,chronic insomnia,sleep problems,eliminate chronic
insomnia, sleep apnea
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The scenario below isn't a medical condition - sadly, it's a way of life. The
battle for getting pure sleep and combating chronic insomnia rages on. The
cares of life will usurp every minute we give them - including those that
should be reserved for restoration and repair. Our challenge is not to yield
them for any reason within our control, and ideally, for any reason at all
except physical emergency.
Our mental and physical wellness depends on the pure sleep that we as a modern
society have de-prioritized to make way for the "more important things" of
life. We need to re-establish and enforce rules of sanity around our primary
sleep times to avoid propagating sleep problems such as sleep apnea, chronic
insomnia, negative impacts of stress and scattered attention on our bodies and
minds.
6:45 PM: They arrive home from the evening commute. She needs to quickly bathe,
feed and put the children to bed while he quickly whips up some semblance of
dinner so they can eat while the 8 PM news is on and be finished in time to
"relax" as they catch the much anticipated 9 PM network series premier of
"Psycho-Numbness".
Problem! -WAY too much to do still and there will have to be some juggling if
they're going to join the "loco anesthesia" that's taking the nation by storm
prime time on Thursdays! She has to call HIS mother to make plans for Mother's
Day brunch in three weeks [or else...]. One last phone call to the office to
ensure the deal gets booked FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. As he walked into the
bedroom, he discovered that one of the cats played duck hunt in the down
pillows again [that's three sets in the last two months]! Laundry was left in
the washer that morning and two loads must still be done before the night is
out! Before they know it, it is 10:45 PM and they've missed the two most
important segments of the Numbness premier because they were both off in other
rooms taking care of "stuff" during commercial breaks. They manage to plop down
on the sofa just in time to catch the last 15 minutes of Numbness, which closes
out with a GREAT cliff-hanger ending, baiting them well for next week's episode.
11:00 PM: SLEEP TIME ! QUICK! - CHECK SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, EMAIL, BANK
BALANCES, AND SHUT OFF THE LIGHT!
11:30 PM: Darkness...{Though no words are heard in the room, quietly from the
back of consciousness like the low rumble of audience whispers as they await
the opening act... }
"Uh oh...I forgot to put the grocery list together for tomorrow...does little
Jimmy have a snack for tomorrow's field trip?...did we ever pay that parking
ticket?...why did we park there anyway?...who's taking care of the kids while
we go to the booster club meeting Saturday?...they don't allow children there,
do they?...I can't wait to see what happens to Derek on Numbness next
week...that was such a crazy ending...it's really well written..."
1:00 AM: dozing...dozing....@zz!z&zzz[snort, snort]zzzz%zz*z#zzz...
And they wonder why it takes them so long to fall asleep...and why it's so hard
to stay asleep...
The first two "thieves" on the National Sleep Foundation's "Sleep Stealers"
list are Psychological Factors and Lifestyle Stressors. Because of its many and
varied causes, sleep problems should be addressed FIRST through healthy
lifestyle choices. The Home Care section for adults in the World Sleep
Foundation's discussion of insomnia provides a number of tactics to give us a
shot at a session of pure sleep and the foundation advises initially "Exhaust
every possible option before resorting to drugs to cure insomnia".
A US News and World Report article from March 2009 supports the approach with
findings that though prescription sleep medication use increased substantially
over a period of time, social concerns continued to rob Americans of pure sleep
at a nearly unchanged rate in the same period.
Let's set ourselves up for proper recharge and repair by properly preparing for
our sleep times with environment and lifestyle choices incorporating proper
wind-down sequences. When an aircraft skips the landing sequence and goes from
35,000 feet immediately to the ground, nobody calls it a "landing", everyone
calls it a "crash". Sound familiar?
Alexis writes for Bonfirehealth.com, an online Health education company that
teaches its customers how to live longer, happier and healthier lives.
Bonfirehealth.com provides the resources, products and services that enable
people to live a wellness lifestyle. Visit us at www.bonfirehealth.com
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