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Noisy neighbours and insomnia.
Not sleeping because your neighbours are making excessive noise is not an illness or a health problem. It is though a serious problem that needs a solution. And whilst we think our 3-point sleep plan is very good it’s not the solution to this problem.
So, if our 3-point plan isn’t the answer here why are we bothering to cover the subject of noisy neighbours and insomnia. Two reasons. Firstly, our aim is to be a general sleep resource. We want to provide quality content covering all the issues around sleep- whether readers subscribe to our plan or not. We passionately believe that poor sleep is one of the most fundamental problems facing the UK today- and probably other nations. Our mission is to play a small role in addressing that problem.
Secondly, our sleep plan could possibly be part of the solution. A pattern we see all to frequently is sleep being destroyed by an external factor. The problem disrupting sleep does get resolved but the sleep remains poor. Poor sleep becomes normalised. It becomes a habit. And that’s just possibly where we might come in as one of many possible mechanisms for breaking that habit.
Jayne was one of the first people we helped with the 3-point plan. Jayne lived in a semi-detached house with her teenage son. Her sleep was routinely disturbed by loud music and arguing from the couple next door. The disturbance wasn’t every, or even most nights but the anticipation of problems destroyed Jayne’s sleep for about 18 months. She developed a range of other health complaints including IBS and chronic neck pain. It was the neck pain that led to her seeking help from us with acupuncture. Some months later the disruptive neighbours moved out, after splitting up. Problem sorted you would expect? Strangely Jayne’s sleep remained poor and if anything got a bit worse.
Jayne was terrified that the new neighbours would be noisy too, even though they weren’t. The neck pain returned, and Jayne came back for some more acupuncture. At this point we discussed her poor sleep with her and encouraged her to use the 3-point plan, which she did. It took time but her sleep did slowly returned to normal. The 3-point plan did help Jayne, but had she tried it whilst still living next door to the original neighbours it would clearly have been useless.
So before you use our plan you need to address the problem of noisy neighbours. And get it resolved. You could wait for the problem to disappear as Jayne did. But it might not disappear. We’d suggest you approach your neighbours, informally first and then formally. Local councils have a statutory duty to deal with noise nuisance. Many do so very effectively, others less so. Whatever route you take maintaining a detailed log of the disturbance and its impact will be vital. We’re clear.ly not expects in addressing noise complaints. In the UK there are organisations like the Noise Control Agency and then Noise Abatement Society with specialist resources and help. Many solicitors specialise in neighbour problems. Yes it will cost money but so will not addressing the problem.
You will resolve the problem. Once you have your sleep should return to normal. It it doesn;’t as it didn’t for Jayne then our 3-point plan could become your key resource.