Research shows that about 50% of insomnia has obvious psychological factors, the Chinese Sleep Research Association has set the theme of this year’s World Sleep Day as “healthy psychology, good sleep”, the impact of psychological factors on sleep has received academic attention and promotion, so what specific psychological factors are likely to lead to insomnia? The following is a list of common psychological factors that lead to insomnia. 1, fear of insomnia psychological Many insomniacs have “insomnia anticipatory anxiety”, for some reason a transient insomnia, and then once in bed at night, worry about not being able to sleep, or try to make themselves fast asleep, the results are counterproductive. Some from the morning began to worry about sleep at night, adding to their own psychological burden, but affect sleep, if you can maintain a normal state of mind, reduce worry, tension, often to help sleep. 2, dream harmful psychological Many patients with insomnia can not correctly view the dream, that the dream is the performance of poor sleep, harmful to the human body, and even some people mistakenly believe that dreaming is insomnia. In fact, the average person has to do 5-6 dreams every night, only some dreams remember, some do not remember, generally did not wake up in the middle, often can not remember the dream during the dream. And in the middle of waking up many times, often remember to do a lot of dreams. And dreaming a lot is not insomnia. The content of the dream is also harmless to the human body, the occasional nightmare is meaningless, only nightmare after nightmare to consider a problem, and often psychological aspects. 3, the psychology of self-blame After a fault, feel guilty and self-blame, replay the fault in your head, and regret that you did not handle it properly. During the day, due to more things, self-recrimination and remorse is a little lighter, to the night is “wandering” in the self-recrimination, remorse fantasy and excitement, sleeplessness. 4, expectation psychology There are some things to look forward to in life, these things are often exciting and nervous, such as the next day there are important things, can not be late, then the night before sleep is often poor; also some people in the promotion, title assessment, house sharing results will soon be announced before, often in a state of expectation of excitement, it is difficult to sleep. 5, the reproduction of childhood trauma psychology Some people are afraid due to childhood trauma such as loss of parents, intimidation, heavy punishment, etc. The phenomenon of not being able to sleep for fear of darkness appears, and gradually improves with age. However, after adulthood, due to some kind of traumatic stimulation similar to that of childhood, the traumatic psychological reactions of childhood that were suppressed in the subconscious will reappear, and the insomnia of childhood will be repeated. Some people cannot make the right reaction after being stimulated by unexpected events, and they are at a loss as to what to do, so that when they sleep at night, they also look ahead and think left and right, but they are always in a state of anxiety and excitement of being in and out and uncertain. 7, susceptible personality traits personality traits factors are also important causes of insomnia, such as frequent “internalized psychological conflict” resulting in chronic anxiety, depression, emotional response; excessive fatigue or tension, sensitivity, impatience, or excessive concern for health, somatic transformation symptoms more suspicious traits; introversion, thoughtfulness, lack of self-confidence, indecisiveness and sleep. The personality traits of susceptibility such as low amount of sleep. 8, emotional problems Some studies have reported that depression-based emotional problems may be the real cause of 70% of insomnia. Anxiety also tends to affect sleep significantly. And the vast majority of patients with anxiety disorders and depressive disorders have sleep problems. It can be seen that emotional problems are closely related to insomnia. 9, the chronicity of insomnia Fear of sleep, fear of insomnia and the vicious circle caused by insomnia, such as fear of sleep, fear of nightmares, fear of sleep in the onset, fear of a sleep, these fears can cause or aggravate insomnia. It is especially noteworthy that the bad suggestion of individuals is an important psychological factor for insomnia not to be cured for a long time.