Question
How can elements of Drama Therapy be used to help relieve psychogenic insomnia?
Stakeholder
People who suffer from insomnia due to psychological factors.
The 2021 White Paper on Exercise and Sleep, published by the China Sleep Research Association, shows that over 300 million people in China currently have sleep disorders. And according to a survey by the World Health Organisation, 27% of the world’s population has problems with sleep quality.
The pace of life of modern young people is gradually accelerating, and the pressure of work or life is gradually increasing.” Sleep disorders” gradually become an “epidemic” among modern young people. According to the medical definition, the most typical manifestation of “Sleep disorder” is “Insomnia”, the main characteristics of which include little sleep, much sleep and sleep rhythm disorder, etc. Whenever we go to the hospital with these symptoms, we are more or less likely to receive some “medication” to treat them. But are these medications necessary? Do they have an impact on our health? Is it possible to replace these drugs with another way of relieving our ‘sleep disorder’?
Among my interviewed stakeholders, they expressed a strong need for relief from insomnia through means other than medication. They have tried to attend workshops such as yoga, sound baths, etc., but physical incoordination and fear of ethereal music prevented some from achieving a soothing effect in these forms. Therefore, I made the conjecture of using drama therapy to alleviate psychological insomnia.