Hypnotherapy For Sleepwalking And Night Terrors
Many people remember the popular comedy skit in the movie Step Brothers with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly were they both woke up in the middle of the night and start sleepwalking. While a large majority of people found that skit funny, there were others that were reminded of their experience of sleepwalking episodes and night terrors daily. Not just experienced by little children, adults also have doubts in dealing with this issue. This article will explore alternative treatments like hypnotherapy to treat sleepwalking and night terrors.
What Is Sleepwalking?
Sleepwalking or somnambulism happens when multiple and complicated actions are happening throughout slow wave sleep where a person …show more content…
In fact, this man dealt with this issue without medical assistance for over two years. Sleepwalking episodes were happening at least three times a week. He thought they would go away on their own since he had not had a sleepwalking episode for over 10 years.
During his psychological evaluation, it was discovered that the sleepwalking episodes resurfaced after he lost his job for unscrupulous behavior. He did not appear to have high stress levels in the clinical sense nor did depression or anxiety register as the contributing behavior. He was given a prescription to be taken daily and evaluated after a period of …show more content…
She always reported that she felt like she was dying and would also fall out of the bed during these dramatic episodes as ordered by her husband. She reported feeling extremely exhausted throughout the day. She was also given prescription medication to help her sleep, but quit after three months due to tiredness and other side effects. The young lady also felt that the prescriptions were not helping sleepwalking episodes, and so a psychological evaluation was taken into consideration.
Hypnotherapy in cognitive behavioral therapy treatment was provided for over eighteen sessions where she met weekly with experts. During her sessions, it was uncovered that she had a high level of jealousy towards her brother which left her unfulfilled and unworthy. Her submissive behavior had followed her into adulthood. She was given visioning sessions as well as self-hypnosis CDs to enhance her self-esteem. She was constantly reminded that she had to take responsibility for her
Many people remember the popular comedy skit in the movie Step Brothers with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly were they both woke up in the middle of the night and start sleepwalking. While a large majority of people found that skit funny, there were others that were reminded of their experience of sleepwalking episodes and night terrors daily. Not just experienced by little children, adults also have doubts in dealing with this issue. This article will explore alternative treatments like hypnotherapy to treat sleepwalking and night terrors.
What Is Sleepwalking?
Sleepwalking or somnambulism happens when multiple and complicated actions are happening throughout slow wave sleep where a person …show more content…
In fact, this man dealt with this issue without medical assistance for over two years. Sleepwalking episodes were happening at least three times a week. He thought they would go away on their own since he had not had a sleepwalking episode for over 10 years.
During his psychological evaluation, it was discovered that the sleepwalking episodes resurfaced after he lost his job for unscrupulous behavior. He did not appear to have high stress levels in the clinical sense nor did depression or anxiety register as the contributing behavior. He was given a prescription to be taken daily and evaluated after a period of …show more content…
She always reported that she felt like she was dying and would also fall out of the bed during these dramatic episodes as ordered by her husband. She reported feeling extremely exhausted throughout the day. She was also given prescription medication to help her sleep, but quit after three months due to tiredness and other side effects. The young lady also felt that the prescriptions were not helping sleepwalking episodes, and so a psychological evaluation was taken into consideration.
Hypnotherapy in cognitive behavioral therapy treatment was provided for over eighteen sessions where she met weekly with experts. During her sessions, it was uncovered that she had a high level of jealousy towards her brother which left her unfulfilled and unworthy. Her submissive behavior had followed her into adulthood. She was given visioning sessions as well as self-hypnosis CDs to enhance her self-esteem. She was constantly reminded that she had to take responsibility for her