Problem Sleeping - Learn How to Get a Restful Night's Sleep


by Lillian S Walsh - Date: 2007-04-16 - Word Count: 588 Share This!

If you are always tossing and turning throughout the night, glancing at your alarm clock, you should know that you are not alone. Everyone goes through periods of not sleeping well during some point in their life. The key to getting a restful night's sleep is a bit different for each individual; when you find out what you need to do to sleep through the night, you will be glad that you put in a bit of effort to find a solution to this problem that plagues everyone.

Getting a restful night's sleep is something that most people have to learn, especially since we lead such busy lives. We are always rushing about, working long hours, and cramming too much into our days; we either forget to sleep, or we think that we can catch up on sleep by sleeping a long time on the weekends.

If you want a restful night's sleep, and you aren't getting it already, you need to try something new. There are hundreds of tips that people give for getting to bed and sleeping through the night. Some of these tips are a bit strange, like cutting out carbohydrates entirely from your dinner (because they cause your blood sugar to peak and later drop, which will wake you up). Some of the tips are things that we all should know (and if you are having trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, you should probably follow these first to see if the problem improves), for example, cutting out caffeine in the afternoon and evening.

Learning how to get a restful night's sleep means that you should try these tips and see which one works for you the best. If you find that you can drink cola or coffee and then fall asleep immediately, you know that your body can tolerate it, so you need to look for something else that is disrupting your sleep. You may need to think about things that you haven't thought of before. If you can fall asleep easily on the couch, but are immediately awake when you retire to the bedroom, look for sources that are disrupting your sleep in your bedroom. Maybe your alarm clock is making a high-pitched noise that is keeping you up - try unplugging it for a night to see if that works. If that doesn't work, get creative and try something else.

You may think that it will take months to learn how to get a good night's sleep, and in reality it could take longer than that to learn how. However, in the end it is definitely worth the hard work and patience, because the final result (after finding the one or more things that is causing you to not be able to fall asleep or making you wake up in the middle of the night) is a good night's sleep. Waking up in the morning with energy that you forgot you had is a nice feeling. Having this energy morning after morning will change your outlook on life.

Most of us spend about a third of our lives sleeping. Why waste time in our already busy lives trying to get to sleep, tossing and turning and watching your alarm clock go from 2:30 AM to 3:00 to 4:02 before you finally drift off? Learn what your stimulants are, what helps you to sleep, and then get into good habits. This may not be easy to do, especially if you lead a busy life, but learning how to get a restful night's sleep is definitely worth it.


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