Fall Asleep Fast With These Simple Nightly Steps
Writing by Cammie on Friday, 8 of August , 2003 at 9:21 pm
Philip Tsang asked:
If you’re finding it harder and harder to fall asleep fast, consider this: problems falling asleep affect almost everyone at one time or another. It can be so frustrating to lie awake, watching the minutes tick away, and knowing without a doubt how awful you’re going to feel in the morning. It doesn’t have to be this way, and you don’t have to start taking sleeping pills either. Many people have found that putting together a personal “sleep routine” can effectively help you regain a healthy night’s sleep.
The first thing you need to address is your sleep environment. For most people, this is their bedroom. But the idea of sleep environment includes more than just your bed. Sounds, light, temperature and even smells can all play a factor in the speed at which you can fall asleep. Making the room as dark as possible is one way to help you sleep better. If your job requires you to sleep during the day, you should invest in some blackout curtains or a sleep mask.
Noise can keep some people awake. If there are disturbing noises in your sleep environment, you might want to get some earplugs or add a device that produces “white noise.” White noise is a soft, rushing sound that can often mask or drown out other noises.
You need to find out your optimum sleeping temperature and adjust the room air so that it’s not too hot or too cold. One source suggested sixty degrees as an optimum temperature, but they clearly didn’t check with my wife on that. In general, however, a cooler temperature at night is normally more restful.
There are several scents or aromatherapy oils that have proven relaxing to many. In particular, lavender has an excellent reputation for being able to trigger the relaxation response and help you get to sleep.
In addition to improving your sleep environment, there are a couple of behavioral changes that you may find helpful as well. Avoid heavy meals just before bedtime and don’t drink too much water. But don’t go to bed hungry either. Keep your exercise and caffeine at least four to six hours away from your bedtime. And speaking of bedtime, you should try to go to bed at the same time every night.
Having a sleep routine that incorporates the suggestions above should help you fall asleep more quickly and easily. If you still have difficulty sleeping, there are several natural sleep aids that could also help. Lack of sleep can quickly lead to sleep deprivation, so don’t wait too long before consulting your doctor. However, by making these simple changes to your environment and behavior, you should begin to see improvement in the quality of your sleep.
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If you’re finding it harder and harder to fall asleep fast, consider this: problems falling asleep affect almost everyone at one time or another. It can be so frustrating to lie awake, watching the minutes tick away, and knowing without a doubt how awful you’re going to feel in the morning. It doesn’t have to be this way, and you don’t have to start taking sleeping pills either. Many people have found that putting together a personal “sleep routine” can effectively help you regain a healthy night’s sleep.
The first thing you need to address is your sleep environment. For most people, this is their bedroom. But the idea of sleep environment includes more than just your bed. Sounds, light, temperature and even smells can all play a factor in the speed at which you can fall asleep. Making the room as dark as possible is one way to help you sleep better. If your job requires you to sleep during the day, you should invest in some blackout curtains or a sleep mask.
Noise can keep some people awake. If there are disturbing noises in your sleep environment, you might want to get some earplugs or add a device that produces “white noise.” White noise is a soft, rushing sound that can often mask or drown out other noises.
You need to find out your optimum sleeping temperature and adjust the room air so that it’s not too hot or too cold. One source suggested sixty degrees as an optimum temperature, but they clearly didn’t check with my wife on that. In general, however, a cooler temperature at night is normally more restful.
There are several scents or aromatherapy oils that have proven relaxing to many. In particular, lavender has an excellent reputation for being able to trigger the relaxation response and help you get to sleep.
In addition to improving your sleep environment, there are a couple of behavioral changes that you may find helpful as well. Avoid heavy meals just before bedtime and don’t drink too much water. But don’t go to bed hungry either. Keep your exercise and caffeine at least four to six hours away from your bedtime. And speaking of bedtime, you should try to go to bed at the same time every night.
Having a sleep routine that incorporates the suggestions above should help you fall asleep more quickly and easily. If you still have difficulty sleeping, there are several natural sleep aids that could also help. Lack of sleep can quickly lead to sleep deprivation, so don’t wait too long before consulting your doctor. However, by making these simple changes to your environment and behavior, you should begin to see improvement in the quality of your sleep.
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