One thing that really bugs me is when I’m absolutely shattered, go to bed and then can’t sleep! Then I don’t want to get up in the morning and go through the entire next day on auto pilot. Here’s a few things I tried to rectify this.
You need to shut down your brain, so to do this shut down your TV, laptop or anything else that is making you concentrate. These devices are causing your brain to work and keep it awake.
You get into the mindset that you can’t sleep when in effect it is you who are stopping it. Turn of the distractions and you brain will turn off too.
Now this is a tip that students use when they need to study. Get yourself a non fiction book that is full of facts but has zero entertainment value. Your brain recognizes how boring this is and shuts itself down, enabling you to fall asleep.
Another good one to try is to have an hour of punishing exercise sometime through the day. If you do this regularly you body gets used to a
Although some people say all exercise will do this, I tend to stick to cardio and resistance work. Yes I have that buzz immediately afterwards, but by the evening my body is crying out for sleep.
If your wear glasses or contacts, remove these before getting into bed, rather than once you are in it. There are a couple of reasons for doing this.
After wearing these all day your eyes need to rest too. By nor forcing them to stay open to watch TV etc they will relax and close easily.
How many of us are late night snack people and feel that we can’t sleep until we’ve eaten? This is a fallacy that you have brought about yourself by eating too late. You will want to go to sleep but your brain will keep you awake by thinking about what’s in the fridge. There is also the probability of weight gain to consider here, so knock the late night eating on the head.
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