1. Tackling the SLEEP Problem
- Vaishnavi
Chigarapalle

2. Introduction.
• There are many people who suffer with
sleep problems.
• The term that is used to define it is known
as Insomnia.
• Some of the examples include:
– Some have snoring partners.
– Some have babies that keep them awake the
whole night.
– Some have tensions regarding a project deadline
that is fast approaching.
– Some might have recently lost their loved ones.
– Some might be scared to sleep alone.
– Some of them might be light sleepers, so at the
sound of a very little noise they would get up.
– Some might have had a bad dream that keeps
them awake for days.
– Some might be thinking about the breakup they
had about days or weeks ago.
– Some might have a Jetlag.
• There are several examples that result
in Insomnia.

3. Insomnia
• Insomnia is a sleep disorder and is often
characterized by difficulty in falling
asleep or staying asleep.
• There are two types of Insomnia:
– Primary Insomnia.
– Secondary Insomnia.
• Primary Insomnia indicates that the
person is having sleep problems that are
no way related to the health condition.
• Secondary Insomnia indicates that the
person is having problems related to
sleep either because of health conditions
or the medication they are taking to cure
a particular problem.
• The other types include:
– Transient Insomnia.
– Acute Insomnia.
– Chronic Insomnia.

4. Symptoms of Insomnia
• There are many symptoms to see
if a person is suffering from
Insomnia.
• The major symptoms that can
tell us clearly if a person is
facing the problems related to
Insomnia are as follows:
– Sleeping during the day.
– General tiredness.
– Irritability.
– Problems with concentration or
memory.

5. Focus : SLEEPING ALONE.
• The prime focus or the problem that I
have decided to solve is the problem
with sleeping alone.
• There are cases in which a person might
stay awake with the sleep disorder.
• For this topic the prime focus would be
on sleeping alone.
• Examples of sleep disorders for
sleeping alone:
– A person might have had the worst nightmare
ever.
– Psychological feeling that something or
someone strange and scary is around him/ her.
– Believing in the existence of ghosts.
– Scary or spooky noises from the surroundings.
• Some of these might last of for less
than a week and some might last for a
month and some other might last
longer.

6. Insomnia Types for sleeping alone
• In general there are three major types of
Insomnia that lasts for different periods of
time.
• Transient Insomnia:
– This generally lasts for less than a week.
– Ex: When a person gets the scariest nightmare and
cannot sleep until someone is next to him.
• Acute Insomnia:
– This generally lasts for more than a month.
– Ex: When a person loses his loved one with whom he/she
was destined to live.
• Chronic Insomnia:
– This generally lasts for longer than a month.
– Ex: This type of fear usually is related to the
psychological feeling of the existence of ghosts
or imagination of some strange this or person
watching over them.

7. Symptoms (Sleeping Alone)
• One can identify the person with the
sleeping alone problem with various
symptoms.
• The symptoms may not be exact but are
approximately similar to the one
mentioned below:
– She/he tends to stay up till late, if she/he has
to sleep alone.
– She/he would usually try to sleep with
someone next to them.
– They avoid all situations that requires them
to sleep alone during the night.
– They somehow manage to sleep alone during
the day if they are required to but when it
comes to night they would do anything to
avoid that situation.
– They usually tend to sleep between people
rather than sleeping in the corner.
– If they are sleeping alone they tend to cover
themselves with thick comforters and
surround themselves with some sort of toys
or something to make them feel that
someone close to them is next to them.

8. How does a person feel about
sleeping alone ?
• Persons scared of sleeping all alone
during the night time have a weird feeling.
• When they are alone at night, and when
they turn of the lights, they have a weird
feeling that someone or something is
looking at them hiding somewhere in the
closet or under the bed etc.,
• Even though they know that the thought is
completely irrational, their imagination
always plays with them and scares them.
• They usually feel as if something or
someone will get them once they fall
asleep or when they close their eyes.
• They imagine themselves to be part of
some really horror and scary movie.

9. How do they usually try to get
away from the fear ?
• People suffering from this type of fear
usually tend to do one of the following in
order to ensure themselves that they are
safe and can sleep well:
– They usually tend to turn on the lights in
the room they are sleeping.
– They usually play videos on their laptop
and sleep listening to it without turning it
off.
– They sleep when they can hear their family
members speaking for hours together.
– They sleep to the source of light from the
street lights, if their room is right to the
street with huge street lights.
– They usually surround themselves with huge
toys and cover themselves with heavy
comforters.

10. Images and Knowledge Source
• www. Images. Google.com
• www.Wikipedia.com