Super sensitive to sound and can’t sleep.

Sridhar Rajendran - Stress, Anxiety, Burnout Coach

My name is Sridhar Rajendran and I help people who constantly struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep to get a good night’s sleep.  I have struggled with insomnia myself and know how painful it can be. That's why I like to get to the root cause of what's keeping someone awake and fix it quickly so you can go back to enjoying your life again.  Get free access to my training library that will help you overcome insomnia permanently without any medications.  https://www.sridhar.coach/free-trainings  Book a free strategy call and let's chat.  https://calendly.com/sridhar-coach/intro-call   #sleeptips #sleephelp #sleepingtips #sleepexpert #sleephealth #sleepcoach #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #hypnotherapy #hypnosis

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00:00Are you someone who is like super sensitive to even the smallest of sound in the night and find

00:06it difficult to fall asleep? Well let's look at some tips which you can adopt to be able to sleep

00:13well. The first thing is we all you know would prefer to sleep in an environment where it is

00:20quiet and calm. That is irrefutable. So try to you know like close your windows and you know

00:28make sure that you know your room has as less of a noise as possible and if you've eliminated all

00:35of that and there is still some kind of say construction work which is going on which is

00:40disrupting your sleep in that case try wearing some kind of earplugs which could help you fall

00:46asleep or if you have prefer having some kind of a white noise machine or some nature sounds

00:52which can kind of you know go on in the background. So the thing is our brain is constantly looking

00:58for threats in our environment. It is doing it whether we are awake or whether we are asleep

01:05and more so when we are asleep because you know in our from an evolutionary perspective it makes

01:12total sense. When we were living in jungles and caves you know it was important to make sure that

01:19there were no predators, there were no neighboring tribes which are trying to kill us when we are

01:23sleeping. So our brain has evolved to look for you know some kind of a danger, some kind of a real or

01:31a perceived threat in the environment and for some people it can be a little bit more acute

01:37especially if you tend to have a history of other kind of mental health illness

01:44or you are struggling with anxiety or if you have had any history of trauma or abuse.

01:51You know in order to be able to sleep well we need to feel safe that is very important.

02:00As a child if you grew up in a disruptive household where your parents would you know

02:07like fight and scream at each other so that means you know night time was not a safe time for you

02:15and you know your brain is still looking out for you know people to fight and attack each other

02:23and even for some people who have undergone some kind of abuse in their childhood you know this

02:29typically tends to happen you know at night time and you know in the bedroom so that there is some

02:36kind of an unconscious fear which has been attributed to it and for some people who have

02:43been you know like being subjected to burglary in the house even though the event has passed

02:49and you have installed you know locks and even changed houses but the brain might still be stuck

02:57in that state of you know it's looking out for danger is somebody else going to you know break

03:03into my house again so it is important to work on your psyche as well to understand is there

03:11some kind of you know psychological reasons why you are super sensitive to sound and typically

03:17women tend to be more sensitive to sound than men and one of my hypothesis is it's probably because

03:26you know women have primarily been you know like caregivers for children and they had to be very

03:33attentive even while sleeping to make sure that their children were you know taken care of and

03:38they are okay so I want you to you know reflect on these reasons which we saw today and see if

03:46any of that you know strikes a chord with you there are some genuine reasons for you know getting

03:54sleep or disruption because of heavy noise construction work and things like that in

04:00those unavoidable circumstances you know using earplugs or a white noise machine can help you

04:07know drown out the noises it's basically like you know when your brain gets used to a particular

04:13noise and it knows that noise is harmless then you will be able to sleep well and in those cases

04:21where there is not really much of external sounds but even the minutest of sound is kind of you know

04:29disrupting your sleep it is the chances are high that you know you have some kind of psychological

04:36you know thought pattern which is going up which is making you very hypersensitive to sound around

04:43you so you know work with a therapist to figure out what could be the reason and you know retraining

04:50your brain and your mind to let go of that fear and worry and to feel safe and calm in your own

04:57bed at night. I hope this was helpful for you.

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