Getting a Good Night's Sleep

Getting a Good Night's Sleep is a new one-day course which addresses one of the most troubling symptoms of depression - disrupted sleep and the extreme tiredness that results from it.

Although most people assume that depression is characterised by low mood and sadness, for many of those affected by depression, lack of energy is the most troubling and disabling symptom.  Typically, depression results in:

• Difficulty getting off to sleep
• Early waking (and not being able to get off to sleep again)
• Daytime exhaustion (and often daytime sleeping)

Getting a Good Night's Sleep will help you understand why depression causes your sleep to be disrupted.  Getting a Good Night's Sleep also identifies the unhelpful strategies that people often use in an attempt to deal with lack of sleep, such as:

• Trying to catch up on lost sleep during the day
• Over-using stimulants such as coffee to help stay awake
• Using alcohol to get off to sleep

While these "quick-fixes" are helpful in the short-term, they only serve to worsen your depression and further disrupt your sleep in the longer-term.  Getting a Good Night's Sleep will help you learn healthier strategies that have been shown to improve sleep and to lift depression.