We have all suffered from bouts of insomnia at one time in our lives but for many people, sleeplessness has become the standard more than the exception. Sleeplessness causes pointless exhaustion and has some serious implications to our health that are hard to ignore.
If you’ve been trying to defeat sleeplessness and haven’t had much success, don’t give up yet. Other than forcing the little sheep to jump over the fence and popping that sleeping pill into your mouth, there are other ways you can use to overcome sleeplessness and take a trip to dreamland.
Just stick to these uncomplicated steps:
1. Regularize your sleeping habit. Your body is more prone to following a certain pattern if you set a regular rhythm. Try to establish a certain time for sleep and then go to bed on the same time each night. Set your alarm on the same time everyday, too, regardless of whether it’s a weekday, a weekend or a holiday. Once your body recognizes a given pattern, it will follow your initiative and give in.
2. Avoid alcohol before bedtime. I have seen people relapse because sleep became more important than sobriety. It’s best to develop a sleeping habit without resorting to outside triggers. Let sleep come from within and not as a result alcohol or pills. The increase in the number of people becoming addicted to sleeping pills is alarming. They are very addictive.
3. Keep away from stimulants. Coffee is great for breakfast but it’s a bad idea to drink a cup a few hours before you go to sleep. Coffee and other stimulants like tea, nicotine or chocolates can keep your body feeling active and wide awake, so best to take them early in the day and avoid taking them before bedtime. Take warm milk instead.
4. Exercise early. If you’re getting regular exercise, it’s best to do it in the morning or at lunch time, not just before going to bed. Exercise helps stimulate the body, keeping you feeling refreshed and active long into the night. If you must perform a few exercises, keep to breathing and stretching routines that are slow and rhythmic.
5. Don’t force it. Thinking about sleep will only make you lose sleep. If you’re having trouble with sleeplessness one night, don?t try to push yourself into falling asleep because you’ll only end up upset and anxious.
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Thanks for the post.
Good list.
Did anyone ever have a lot of drinking and drug dreams when they stopped using? Like waking and wondering if you’d used the night before?
This will hopefully help to improve my security, as I had a few problems in the past.
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This is a great post on insomnia. There are so many methods to help people go to sleep at the right times, and I totally agree that you should give coffee a miss.
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here’s a tip. listen to relaxing audio clips on youtube. Lita massage for example. or bob ross vids. they work for me.
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