One of the tips for treating insomnia: A friend called me over the weekend and said, “You are a sleep expert, last night, I had insomnia, what should I do?” Since both parties are familiar with each other, I asked directly, did something happen yesterday? He excitedly told me that because it was the weekend, he didn’t want to sleep at all last night, and now enjoys life in many ways, listening to music, playing cell phones, playing games, in short, very happy, so he couldn’t sleep at all. I told him that not being able to sleep and insomnia are two different things. For example, if we just wake up in the morning, we will certainly not be able to sleep, which is not insomnia. Of course, you can think, that is not the time to sleep ah! But if a person who works the night shift, he sleeps well during the day, and at night, he can’t sleep, he can’t sleep either, we can’t call it insomnia as well. Finally I asked him, “Did you have insomnia last night? He told me affirmatively, according to you, I didn’t have insomnia. Treatment of insomnia insight No. 2: A chance occasion met a college graduate, Xiao Zhang, heard that I was a sleep expert, could not help but ask me, “My sleep is not very good alas, every night, it takes a long, long time to fall asleep, how to do?” Through further questioning, he told me, “I go to bed at 10:30 every night, play with the phone until 11:00, then, turn off the lights, turn off the phone, sleep, sometimes, until 2:00 in the morning to fall asleep, the night is very anxious, but can not sleep ah!” I asked him why he only played for half an hour, he said, I also want to play ah, but, they say it is not good to play with the phone before going to bed. I immediately understood the problem, a young man, and the next day there is no work pressure, but, because of the fear of playing with the phone on their sleep, afraid to play, but want to play, resulting in obvious anxiety, so that sleep can not, and forced themselves to sleep, anxiety gradually increased, sleep time is getting longer and longer. I told him, “Since you go to bed every night, until two o’clock, it would be better to play with the phone until two o’clock ah, he was immediately surprised.”” Doctor, really? That way I will not be anxious, then I must have fallen asleep, playing with the phone, there is really no effect on sleep?” I replied to him, “The effect of playing with the phone on sleep, I don’t want to tell you now, but, not playing with the phone, caused you obvious anxiety, and this has a great impact on your sleep, eliminate this anxiety, and your sleep will naturally be good.” A week later, Zhang excitedly told me, “Doctor, it’s really amazing, I can now every night, go to bed early and sleep well. And now, after I go to bed at night, I pick up my phone and want to sleep. Insomnia treatment experience No. 3: Once, chatting with an insomniac, he asked, “I used to go to sleep when I got a book, but now I read a book before going to bed, but I can’t sleep.” In fact, we all have the same experience when we want to read more books when we have to take exams, but we don’t expect to get the book and always go to sleep. Even when someone is watching TV at night, they can’t help but doze off, why? Reading books, watching TV easy to sleep, and what we usually call counting sheep, counting to promote sleep, the reason is the same, the main reason is distraction, that is, their attention is not focused on sleep, at this time, you will not produce anxiety about insomnia. Especially, when your attention, excessively focused on the book or TV, the easier it is to fall asleep. So why do people with insomnia, read books, watch TV, count sheep and count, but have little effect? This is because, they are apparently distracting themselves, in fact, their attention is still focused on sleep, overly trying to get their sleep through these methods, and once they can’t sleep, anxiety, will get heavier and heavier. So I conclude to this insomniac by saying, to cure your insomnia, it is better to go and read well, and try to improve yourself by reading, rather than cure your insomnia by reading. Of course, in the end, you will get a double harvest. Treatment of insomnia experience No. 4: A few days ago I wrote a short article called, one minute to cure insomnia, someone gave me feedback that you are stealing the concept, here, I want to say that if you give up the concept of insomnia, it is the same as you give up the anxiety about insomnia, many patients with insomnia disorder, the main reason for a long time is the presence of anticipatory anxiety. Therefore, by eliminating anxiety, you can cure insomnia. There are many such examples, and I will tell you a more successful case below. There is a female patient, who usually does some business by herself, and her family is very well off, and she is more concerned about her body, too. Because of insomnia, she went to a specialist clinic in a big hospital. The doctor gave him two boxes of zolpidem, which was very effective and did not have any adverse effects, and the patient was very happy. However, after one box was finished, the patient became anxious whether he could take it again or not. If they don’t take it, they are worried that they won’t be able to sleep; if they do, they are worried about the side effects. As a result, the sleep became worse and worse, and even complained of poor sleep all day long, but was reluctant to see the doctor again. By chance, I was approached through an acquaintance. The patient said directly, “You are a sleep expert, I just want to ask you one question, can I take the medicine or not? Are there any side effects? I briefly understood her situation, and then affirmed, “As long as you feel that the treatment is effective, you can take it, there are no side effects.” When I was still ready to give more psychotherapy to the patient. Instead, she quickly ended the conversation, “I still have the medicine at home, so as long as there are no side effects, I’m relieved.” Two weeks later, after another chance encounter, the patient, told me directly, “I can sleep well without medication now, and I don’t worry about the side effects. At my bedside, I have the medicine. Sometimes I think if I really can’t sleep, I’ll take a pill, but I’ve been able to sleep every night lately, so I don’t take any more pills. Your words really work.