Natural Ways to Help You Fall Asleep
There are many causes for insomnia, and some of them will require medical help.
Causes like pain and depression probably won't respond well to the tips below, but if it's run of the mill sleeplessness, these may be useful.
Causes like pain and depression probably won't respond well to the tips below, but if it's run of the mill sleeplessness, these may be useful.
- Natural sleep is difficult if your brain is still going full gear.
If you try to go straight from critical thinking about a work project or other brain stimulating tasks, you will have a hard time going to sleep.
What you might want to do is find a way to tell your brain it's bedtime.
Set up a routine that doesn't take a lot of time, but lets your brain wind down.
Have a glass of milk (no caffeine!), brush your teeth, so on and so forth. - Whatever you do, don't watch the news before trying to go to sleep.
All the reports of death, theft, and mayhem will keep you up.
Instead, listen to music or a favorite positive old movie.
Even humorous television shows may be helpful. - As mentioned in the first tip, your brain needs to be in neutral for you to fall asleep.
Planning your work the next day while in bed is counterproductive to both.
Chances are good you'll forget half of the plan and you will still have trouble sleeping.
Instead, choose another time of day to do the planning.
If you have leisure time in the mornings, plan then.
If not, do it at the end of the workday or after dinner but well before bedtime. - Woulda, coulda, and shoulda are terms that help no one, at any point in time.
They are especially bad at night.
Bear in mind that everyone does this to some degree, then let it go.
The past is over, and rehashing it at night brings all kinds of negative emotions to the party.
Instead, don't allow those thoughts to continue.
Tell yourself "that's done, it can't be changed, and I have learned from the experience," then firmly turn your thoughts to more pleasant things.
, - Get help if you need it.
That doesn't necessarily mean you go on pills for the rest of your life.
Get a good checkup from your doctor to make sure the insomnia isn't caused by a medical condition.
Then, if your doctor approves, try some of the natural sleep remedies on the market.
Valerian is good, but it smells horrible.
Skullcap, chamomile, catnip, jasmine and lavender may also be useful, depending on how much help you need.
Be aware that herbs are more subtle than a pill.
You may not notice any benefits from them for several weeks, and when you do it will be simply a naturally induced sleep.
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