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EMDR for trauma-related problems with therapist guiding bilateral stimulation

EMDR for Trauma-Related Problems

EMDR for trauma-related problems may help when painful memories, body reactions, nightmares, shame, fear, or relationship patterns continue long after the original experience has ended. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a structured trauma therapy that helps patients work with disturbing memories without simply talking in

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Tired child with ADHD sitting in bed while a parent offers calm bedtime support

ADHD and Sleep: Why Children Have Sleep Problems and Bedtime Battles

Children with ADHD often have sleep problems because the same nervous system difficulties that affect attention, impulse control, emotional regulation, and hyperactivity can also interfere with sleep. Some children cannot slow their minds down at night. Others have bedtime battles, insomnia, restless sleep, anxiety, nightmares, medication-related sleep disruption, or breathing

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Hypervigilance and sleep problems shown by an anxious woman scanning a dim hallway, representing trauma-related insomnia and nighttime alertness

How Hypervigilance Causes Sleep Problems and Insomnia

How Hypervigilance Causes Sleep Problems and Insomnia By Dr. Charles R. Freeman, Ph.D. Hypervigilance can cause sleep problems and insomnia because the nervous system stays on alert when it should be resting. A person may be physically safe in bed, but the brain and body may still be scanning for

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Dr. Freeman's Articles on Sleep, Trauma, and Behavioral Medicine