Don't let perfectionism stop you from falling asleep easily - treating chronic insomnia
Don’t let perfectionism stop you from falling asleep easily - treating chronic insomnia
Perfectionism and sleep problems often go hand in hand, just like in my past experience when I wasn’t able to fall asleep easily because my personality traits hindered my ability to let go of the day truly.
If you refer to yourself as a perfectionist and you struggle with sleep problems or chronic insomnia, then this video is for you. I’ll go into more details on how perfectionists' sleep can be impacted negatively by this personality trait, giving you some examples from my client work and personal experiences.
We’ll also talk about why can’t perfectionists sleep well and what you can do about it.
Chronic insomnia and perfectionism are closely linked in my experience, I’ve treated many clients for their long-term sleep problems or insomnia who also had very strong perfectionist tendencies. Doing their best to control and perfect every single area of their life causing issues with being able to fall asleep easily or even waking up multiple times in the night.
But of course, you can stop perfectionism causing sleep problems by changing your mindset and retraining your mind as I explain in more detail in this video.
Working on how to stop being a perfectionist, is not an overnight hack or trick. It’s important to look at the practicalities of how to fall asleep easily for perfectionists to tailor the treatment plan for this particular personality trait.
Perfectionism doesn’t have to stop you from falling asleep easily and sleeping restfully at night, it’s completely possible for you to treat your chronic insomnia and sleep problems and finally learn the sleep skills that will guarantee great quality sleep consistently at night.
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Beatrix A Schmidt
Sleep Coach, Professional Speaker and Author of The Sleep Deep Method®. Having struggled with insomnia and burning myself out in my mid-twenties, I spent the last 10 years researching sleep and learning that in order for us to sleep well at night, we need to look much deeper than just how tired we are and the number of hours we sleep. I believe that sleeping well at night is a skill that we can all develop. (The only exception is if you have a medical disorder that causes those sleep problems.)
Sleep Skills For Life Programme
What's the Sleep Skills For Life Programme about?
I remember the time when I struggled with insomnia and would regularly wake up in the middle of the night with nose bleeds (yes, that's how exhausted my body was), and thinking 'I wish there was a way that I can finally sleep well again'...
So many of my clients, just like you have these types of questions, looking for solutions but nothing seems to work for them.
This is where the last 12 years of my personal research come into the picture.
What I learned is that developing what I call 'sleep skills' is completely possible, no matter how long you've struggled with sleep problems. (The only exception is if you have a sleep disorder - but we'll talk about those too).
So the difference with this group sleep coaching programme, compared to other things you might have seen online is that we'll focus on the practical tools, techniques to help you develop those sleep skills. None of the quick fixes, potions and lotions, or even expensive gadgets!