Have Trouble Sleeping? Potent Methods to Overcome Sleep Troubles Right Now

Author: Mark Swan
Source: ezinearticles.com

If you have trouble sleeping, don’t give up on what your body needs. Sleep troubles are often far easier to fix than you would believe. A few simple steps can help overcome many of the troubled nights we have, where our body just isn’t doing what it’s supposed. Let’s look closer at some of these:

Sleep Environment

Of course the environment where you sleep matters. If you’re trying to sleep in a house near the airport with planes going over your head, during the light of day, without air conditioning during the sweltering heat of summer…you might have a bit of difficulty.

You have to focus on pleasing the different senses of the body: mainly sight, sound and touch. Obviously smell and taste should not be stimulated while going to sleep:).

In terms of sight, our body produces melatonin when it’s dark. Darkness signals to our body that it’s time to sleep. We can use this to our advantage by going to bed at nighttime, but also by even blocking out any stray light that might still be sneaking in through the blinds or the cracks of the door frame. This is especially relevant for morning light that we don’t want to encounter. You want to make your room completely black, so that you can’t even see your hand when lifted in front of your face. Use your creativity in achieving this scenario.

Temperature…this affects your sense of touch. It should be cool, or the temperature just below lukewarm. This way you feel comfortable, while being not too hot and not too cold. Speaking of comfort, your bed should be very comfortable and supportive. You should feel no strain in any part of your body. If you find yourself tossing and turning to achieve comfort, there’s something off.

In terms of sound, you want it to be as quiet as possible. Ideally, this means complete silence — probably somewhere away from noisy traffic, planes, trains, noisy neighbors/housemates and late night parties. Earplugs can help if silence is not possible. The worst noises are erratic and unpredictable, but you can offset this by creating an ambient sound via a fan or air conditioner. Although these will create noise, the sound will be monotonous and much easier for your brain to adjust to than unpredictable noises.

Techniques When You Can’t Fall Asleep

If you’re lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, the first thing you need to do is calm down. You can’t “force” sleep. If everything is the way it should be ( i.e. your sleeping environment is ideal and you’ve winded down properly), then you just need to relax, maybe write down any distracting thoughts, accept that you have no control over it and focus on your breathing to allow the sleep to take place.

You can also take naps during the day, but they should be short: between 20 and 30 minutes. Longer naps will actually disrupt your sleep cycles and potentially reduce your energy.

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