If you’ve been traumatized by an act of violence, a car accident, or the death of a loved one, the repercussions can affect your daily life, including your sleep. The National Sleep Foundation describes how a traumatic event can cause sleep disturbances, and offers suggestions to help you sleep better:
• Problems falling asleep can result from anxiety, recurring
thoughts of the trauma, feeling that you “can’t let your guard
down,” and flashbacks.
• Nightfall and darkness may increase anxiety.
• Nightmares may be common, causing you to awaken and making it difficult to fall asleep again.
• To sleep better, pick a spot where you feel safe and comfortable. It doesn’t
necessarily have to be your bedroom.
• Don’t eat or drink much right before bedtime.
• Take time to relax before bed. Let go of your anxiety, listen to music, read, or take a
bath to help you feel calm and relaxed — Diana Kohnle
The above information is copied from HealthDay News on Friday, February 20, 2009.
Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Traditional Chinese Medicine can relieve simple anxiety and also help in combination with medical care.
1. Chinese Meridians Massage: helps to calm and relax the mind and reduce stress to
help sleep.
2. Acupuncture: helps to comfort the mind, improve blood circulation, promote energy
flow, correct biological clock, re-balance brain chemicals, and soothe the anxiety and
then sleep better.
3. Herbs: Calm the mind, stabilize nerves, help digestion, normalize nutrients, balance
metabolism, relieve anxiety symptoms and improve sleep.
4. Finger exercise: is a very helpful technique from China to help calm and relax your
mind so as to fall asleep easier.
For more information please call Dr. Liyan Lu of Ping’s Acupuncture and Herbs Center at 661-513-9265.