Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School Author: Gregg D. Jacobs | Language: English | ISBN:
B005CW6T8S | Format: EPUB
Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School Description
Introduction by Dr. Herbert Benson, author of The Relaxation Response A drug-free, scientifically proven program for conquering insomnia in six weeks.
At least thirty million adults ure the stress of severe, chronic insomnia, and the numbers of sufferers aregrowing. Dr. Gregg Jacobs has used the six-week program offered in Say Good Night to Insomnia to help thousands of insomnia sufferers at the Behavioral Medicine Insomnia Program at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The program succeeds by helping insomniacs change the way they think about sleep, making it a friend instead of an enemy. Among the many topics addressed are these:
* Developing a sleep enhancing lifestyle including diet, exercise, and an understanding of the importance of body temperature
* Stopping a depency on sleeping pills
* Managing negative emotions, stress, and anxiety
* Quieting the mind and body to enhance inner feelings of peace
Say Good Night to Insomnia is an empowering book that lets insomniacs take control of their minds and bodies by giving them the knowledge and techniques to overcome their problem forever.
- File Size: 439 KB
- Print Length: 256 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: B0069HIB4K
- Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; 1 edition (September 15, 2009)
- Sold by: Macmillan
- Language: English
- ASIN: B005CW6T8S
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,591 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I cannot praise this book enough for what it has done for me. My insomnia affected me so deeply I became depressed and truly believed I was going to die.
I was using a LOT of sleeping pills to little effect and I was afraid that they would lead to more severe problems down the road. So I scoured the internet for another cure and found, "Say Good-night to Insomnia".
I'm extremely skeptical about everything, and when this book said that my it could change my negative thoughts into positive ones and help me sleep better, I didn't believe it. But I had absolutely NOTHING to lose and, out of desperation, I decided to give it a try.
I followed this book religiously (ignoring the ridiculous and useless anecdotes) and my sleep started to improve almost instantly. Before using this book I slept about two hours every night with a couple of nights of absolutely NO sleep what-so-ever thrown in here and there.
After a couple of days of using this book I found falling asleep easier (I'd fall asleep within one and a half to two hours), but I was still waking up several times throughout the night and found it difficult to fall back asleep. And I still had some nights of sleeplessness, but I was extremely excited about the small improvement.
Over the next couple of weeks falling asleep became easier and easier and I'd only have a couple of nights of insomnia during the week. But during the nights when I did get sleep my "wake-ups" became shorter and I found it easier to fall back asleep (usually within 20 to 30 minutes).
During the next month and a half the "wake-ups" themselves started to slowly subside. I'd wake up around five times a night in the beginning, then a few days later only four, and another few days later only three.
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