Its an interesting paradox, many people think hypnosis involves being asleep. Actually it doesn't as you aret quite awake for the entire experience. However, hypnosis can help you to get a better night's sleep.
Insomnia or sleeplessness can be the symptom of an underlying physical problem, which is why it is wise to consult with a physician if it is persistent or accompanied by other physical symptoms to make sure you are OK.
Most of the time though difficulty in falling or staying sleep relates to unresolved mental tension, where the thoughts, concerns and worries of the day keep running through the mind and keep you awake.
In these sort of cases mainstream physicians will often give their patients prescription sleep aids. Although these drugs can be helpful in the short term, they do not address the underlying source of the problem and most carry a risk of addiction and other side effects.
There are two broad categories of human response and behavior: conscious and unconscious. For example, you could scratch your nose right now or get up and walk around and those would be conscious activities you can do on purpose.
However, sleep is not something you can "make" happen. In fact, you may have discovered that trying to force sleep tends to make you become more awake. The name for this effect is called "paradoxical intention" where conscious effort makes a situation worse.
What you can do is learn how to create the mental and physical relaxation that
allows sleep to happen all on its own.
There are a number of techniques involving guided imagery, hypnotic suggestion and mindfulness meditation that you can learn from a professional hypnotist that can help you to improve your sleep quality.
If you would like to learn more a free, confidential phone consultation is available, call (732) 714-7040. Sweet dreams!
P.S. I have an mp3 on improving sleep in my Creative Calm Self-Hypnosis Library, you can learn more and download at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hypnotistjamesmalone
