Help your partner get the professional advice he or she needs. Psychological factors, particularly stress, are considered by most sleep experts to be the leading cause of short-term sleeping difficulties. Usually the sleep problem disappears when the stressful situation passes. However, if short-term sleep problems are not managed properly from the beginning, they can persist long after the original stress has passed. Insomnia can be brought on when depression is suspected.
Many depressed people complain of insomnia without recognizing that they are depressed.
If you have lost interest in activities you used to enjoy or if you have feelings of hopelessness or suicide, your sleep problems may be a result of depression. Talk to your health care provider about any sleeping problem that recurs or persists for longer than one week. When the depression is treated, the accompanying sleep problems usually disappear. Give yourself time Changing your sleep patterns cannot be done overnight. But changes can be made in a relatively short period of time.