Is there anything quite as frustrating as not being able to get to sleep at night? Then you do finally doze off and the alarm wakes you up 2 hours later and you, quite frankly, feel like a zombie! Let's see what you can do to help you sleep.
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.
If lying awake in the darkness is your main problem, turn the lamp on a get hold of the most boring book you can find. Make it informative but not in the slightest bit entertaining, this is a tip used widely by students. Once you start reading your brain shuts down.
Exercise is a good way of promoting a good night's sleep. Really push yourself so both body and mind are exhausted. A good sleeping pattern should follow.
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.
If your eyesight is bad without your visual aids, there will be few distractions and secondly your eyes will relax quicker and want to close.
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. - 31521
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.
If lying awake in the darkness is your main problem, turn the lamp on a get hold of the most boring book you can find. Make it informative but not in the slightest bit entertaining, this is a tip used widely by students. Once you start reading your brain shuts down.
Exercise is a good way of promoting a good night's sleep. Really push yourself so both body and mind are exhausted. A good sleeping pattern should follow.
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.
If your eyesight is bad without your visual aids, there will be few distractions and secondly your eyes will relax quicker and want to close.
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. - 31521
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