Go to Sleep
Do you have trouble falling asleep? I recently read a magazine article with good tips on how to fall asleep easier.
First of all, you should have a regular bedtime. Your body needs to know it is time to go to bed and go to sleep. When you go to bed at different times each night, your body never adjusts.
Sunlight is the best time clock used to regulate your sleep patterns. Sunlight has a large effect on your body’s internal clock. Did you know that your internal clock is also known as circadian rhythms? The trick is to soak up as much sunlight as possible between the hours of 6 and 8 am. The suns rays will cause your body to suppress production of melatonin, the sleep hormone. Melatonin is what makes you feel sleepy. By the way, the article recommends a light box that simulates sunlight if you can’t get out into the sun.
Don’t exercise too close to bedtime. Allow a few hours to come between exercise time and bedtime so your body can wind down.
It might help to have dimmer lights that you can use to make your rooms more serene and calmer close to bedtime.
I have many opinions about many things. Let me know what you think.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I’ve been struggling with insomnia for the past month, so I recently resorted to an old trick: temporarily switching bedrooms. The idea is that you begin to tense up as soon as you even think about trying to go to sleep in the bed where you toss and turn night after night, so you move to a different environment that doesn’t carry the same associations, until you regain your sleep pattern.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
That is a good idea. I can see how just the thought of trying to go to sleep can start the cycle over again.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:40 am
thanks for the tip…i should be following it.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Thank you for sharing these helpful tips. Most of the time I sleep without any problem. However, there are a few occasions I have trouble sleeping. I’ll keep your advice in mind.
August 29th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Many doctors say that sleeping disorders are one of the most undiagnosed medical problems out there. There are something like 88 types of sleeping disorders.
September 1st, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Ugh, this is me. My biggest problem is years of working second shift. When you don’t get home until 10pm or later, you get used to needing an hour or more to unwind. Once your body’s clock makes that adjustment, it’s incredibly hard to change it. So now I’m up until 2 or later….for me to pop in a movie at 1am and watch it is nothing out of the ordinary!