As a man that used to have insomnia, I can say that insomnia is common in both men and women. But insomnia itself is trending up since 2004.

This is a major major societal problem. I did a post a while back showing how social media websites and cell phone use exploded around 2005 and insomnia is tracking right next to it.

The long and short of it is, the more we use technology the more screen addiction we have and the more insomnia we have as a culture.

If you think about the long term health ramifications of not sleeping, it’s pretty shocking. The money spent treating insomnia is rising every year along with the health conditions that arise from not sleeping.

You’re looking at conditions like…

• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular conditions
• Car crashes
• Autoimmune diseases
• Obesity
• Depression and Anxiety
• Immune System Dysfunction
• Cognitive Impairment
• Hypertension
• Stroke
• Hormonal Imbalances
• Gastrointestinal Problems
• Reduced Life Expectancy
• Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Respiratory Problems

Now add up the money spent on these health conditions and you’re looking at trillions of dollar spent each year (in America alone!) all from use of technology.

Insomnia is a problem in our society no matter if you’re a man or a woman.

If you look at the overall trends, insomnia seems to be rising at an equal pace for both genders.

With that said, what are the main reasons for insomnia in men? Why are our men unable to sleep? Is it the testosterone or other hormone issues? Is it stress? Is it our diet and our lifestyle? What about the environment men live in? Does that have a role to play in insomnia?

What about factors like phytoestrogens in men’s diets and xenoestrogens? We know that hormones play a major role in sleep disturbances, specifically in men.

Whether you’re transgender, cisgender, a biological male or whatever you go by or live by, I want to address the major reasons for insomnia in men below but first….

What Insomnia Actually Is

If you have a hard time falling asleep, staying asleep or wake up too early in the morning and can’t go back, you may have insomnia. This lack of REM sleep and reaching multiple deep sleep cycles can eventually lead to all the health conditions I listed above. But day to day, insomnia could manifest as a short temper, mood issues, anxiety, depression, fatigue during the day and a decline of your cognitive function.

This would be things like the inability to focus, or concentrate. Maybe you can’t remember events or information well. If you’re telling a story and you can’t recall the information you need, you might have insomnia. This can be diagnosed as ADD or ADHD. But maybe it’s just not getting enough sleep every night.

4 Reasons For Insomnia in Men

Poor Environment

I used to work in a data center on the 13th floor of a high rise building under intense fluorescent lights. The combination of being on the 13th floor (where you lose electrons), being exposed to massive amounts of magnetic and electrical frequencies (nnEMF) and working under blue light after sunset was what caused my insomnia back in 2001.

Most people work in environments like this and have no idea how it could be causing them to not sleep. It was exacerbated by working from 3pm to 12am when nature said it’s time to sleep because the sun went down.

This was in 2001 and today nnEMF is even worse, plus people are driving to and from these types of jobs in their electric cars.

Even if this is not you, I’m sure you have a wireless router at home that’s on all night. I’m sure you have a “smart” refrigerator or you look at your cell phone or laptop after dark. This kind of environment is cause massive electron loss in the body. This results in oxidative stress (the cause of all disease).

As a man, you must mitigate your work, home and sleep environments to help your body relax instead of being in a hyper stressed state. Imagine trying to sleep while you’re running a marathon.

When your body is in this environment you’re running a marathon internally but you don’t even know it. I wrote an article about biohacking your bedroom that you should read. Start by upgrading your bedroom and then improve your work environment.

Lifestyle

As men, we’re the providers and the protectors of our families. The dollar seems to be being devalued with more and more inflation happening. Work is stressful and complex these days in ways they never were in the past. Financial stress alone can keep somebody awake, especially men who are trying to make ends meet.

Traveling is also a major stressor to the body. When you fly or drive for a living it can create inflammation in the body due to electron loss. This requires magnesium and other minerals to be able to mitigate all that oxidative stress. Jet lag insomnia is very common because our diurnal 24 hour sleep/wake cycles are constantly thrown off by flying over multiple time zones.

This creates circadian rhythm disorders that can be hard to fix (if you don’t know what you’re doing).

Lifestyle alone could definitely be a major reason for insomnia in men and women too.

Mental Health Disorders

More and more people have mental health issues today than ever before. My belief is it’s caused from screen addictions, blue light exposure and nnEMF. The types of mental disorders I’m talking about are things like PTSD, depression, anxiety, bipolar, panic attacks, irrational fears or phobias, eating disorders, addictions of all kinds, disassociation disorders and more.

It seems like there are hundreds of them and guess what? They all have insomnia as a component to them.

Medical Conditions

A number of medical conditions could be a reason for insomnia in men like, Parkinson’s disease, hyperthyroidism, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, heart disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), enlarged prostate (BPH), asthma, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, alcoholism and more. The list literally goes on and on.

As a man, if you don’t suffer from any of these health conditions that affects sleep, consider yourself blessed. If you have any of these in your family, I would live a “preventative” lifestyle so you don’t get diagnosed with these conditions.

That means you have to take care of yourself. Get exercise daily, are you not worth it? Watch the sunrise every morning. Wear blue blocking glasses, turn off Wi-Fi before bed. Eat a low sugar organic, whole food diet, avoid eating after sunset. Drink more water, get grounded daily. Keep a gratitude journal.

Remember, if you’re healthy and live in a conducive healthy environment, you’ll sleep well. If you’re sick, you will probably suffer from insomnia. As you sleep less and less, you’ll get sicker and sicker. They work together and it’s a terrible downward spiral.

Take care of your temple, you’ll be glad you did.

Diagnosis

I want to say one thing about getting “diagnosed” with a health condition. If you’re a man and have been diagnosed with insomnia, remember the term insomnia is just a made up word to describe a set of symptoms (that can be different for every male).

Diagnosis’ are nouns used to describe what they really are, verbs. Rather than identifying with a diagnosis “I have insomnia” the more empowering thing to do is to turn that noun into a verb by asking…”How am I preventing myself from sleeping today?”

A noun is solidified. It’s physical and it’s not changing. A noun is what it is.

A verb is in flux. It’s different at every moment. It changes.

A verb is something you participate in. I am running. I am walking etc.

You can change at any moment from walking to running to sitting. But a house, is a house no matter how you refer to it.

Turn nouns into verbs and ask yourself how you’re participating in that condition today? Once you do that, you stop identifying with it. It’s no longer “you”.  It’s not a part of your DNA any longer. It’s something you do for a while and then you stop.

Turn a diagnosis (noun) into a verb, then change it.

Is Insomnia Reversable?

Now how do we get rid of insomnia naturally without drugs or medications? The first step is to identify what traumatic event happened in your life for 6 months preceding your inability to sleep every night?

You can work on getting blood tests to see if you have any infections which I highly recommend. You may have parasites, genetic mutations, heavy metal accumulation or a poor light and nnEMF environment.

Nutritional deficiencies also play a role (which is why I recommend getting an HTMA – hair tissue mineral analysis test). I recommend working on the spiritual emotional level, the environmental level, the infection level and the dietary level.

Only you will have a “hunch” or “suspicion” of the thing that’s causing the insomnia you are dealing with. Do I believe insomnia is reversable naturally? Of course, I’ve seen it and I’ve experienced it myself.

The trick is to find out what your unique triggers are and healing them.

It’s going to take a lot of work and discipline but man is it worth it to heal yourself of insomnia naturally.

Conclusion

In my opinion those are the main reasons for insomnia in men but I’ve seen other factors that play a role also. If you’re a man and are dealing with a lack of sleep, use this as Jim Rohn says in his life changing work “The Challenge to Succeed” an “invitation for life change”. This is an offer from God or the universe for you to completely overhaul every aspect of your life.

Once I healed my mitochondria it also healed my circadian rhythm and once that happened, my sleep restored itself naturally. Now (as a man) I sleep around 8 hours per night. I go to bed around 10pm and wake up around 6pm without an alarm clock or anything.

And when I wake up, I feel refreshed and excited to start the day. I’ve come a long way from forcing myself to go to bed at 3am with an exhausted body but a mind that wouldn’t allow me to fall asleep. Then I’d finally fall asleep at 4am, toss and turn until 7am and couldn’t go back.

I felt like death warmed over. I had no drive or ambition in life. My attitude was always negative and closed in. I felt like I was always sick with a weak immune system. Life was terrible back then. I’m so thankful I was able to find out the reason for my insomnia and heal it.

I’ve come a long way and so can you.

Questions:

1. How long have you been unable to sleep?
2. What do you think are the top 2 causes of your insomnia?
3. What have you tried that was supposed to help you sleep?
4. Did it work? If not, why not?

Comment below.