It goes without saying that the mind is certainly a key player in the quality of sleep that one has. The cognition part of CBT helps you to pinpoint some of the things that your mind is currently processing that may be hindering your sleep.
CBT involves speaking with a trained therapist about your day to day activities. It is through these conversations that they can help you identify things that are putting a strain on your rest. The good part is that it does not end there. The therapist also assists you with a practical course of action that is designed to alleviate these symptoms.
Although most of us may not be conscious of them. There are various triggers that we come across throughout each day. It is these triggers that would, in turn, influence our feelings and behavioral patterns. In this case, these feelings and behavioral patterns begin to spill into our bedroom.
Being able to identify these triggers helps us make deliberate decisions about how we feel about them. In doing so, we take more control. Take an example of someone who may find that they are happy all day until they get into bed to sleep. After some CBT sessions, they may be able to find that these feelings start when they look at their calendar or planner for the next. They struggle to sleep due to the sheer number of things that they are anticipating.
Making a small change such as moving the planning sessions to the morning may result in immediate improvements in their quality of sleep. This, of course, will differ from one individual to the next one. CBT requires that one be mindful of each day. The use of a journal can be one way to do so.