How can I put down my phone and go to sleep?

One thing to do is to turn on the setting that doesn’t allow you to go on your phone at a certain time. Keep your phone away from you when you do go to sleep, to resist the urge to go on it again. Reading for 10 minutes before bed can help you relax. I suggest getting help from someone you live with. You can tell them to take your phone away from you and make sure you just go to bed. I feel the same way sometimes, but I just remind myself of how tired I will be the next day and how important sleep is.

You need to get a strict sleeping schedule. There's many apps for this and IOS even has a built-in one. Sleep is vital to life, mental health and physical health. It is very important. You can begin with setting what time to go to bed and wake up. This needs to be consistent! It is also important not to stay in your bed if you're doing anything other than sleep. Do not watch TV in bed, play on your phone, laptop or even relax. Our bodies then associate our beds with things other than sleep and this can cause insomnia.

I struggle with a similar situation. I use my laptop in bed and I honestly struggle to put it down. However, after a lot of research and talking with people who've struggled with the same type of issue, they've found immense relief in leaving their electronics outside of the bedroom on charge overnight. This eliminates associating the bed with work/study/entertainment and actually improves sleep by allowing you to drift off faster and have a better sleep. Of course, many people find it hard to do this and it is understandable. I myself cannot find enough strength to just leave my laptop outside of my bedroom so I suggest turning on your phone's night light mode if it has one or downloading an application that will enable night light mode on your phone. This lessens the amount of blue light being emitted from your screen which puts less strain on your eyes and basically lets both your eyes and brain know it is time to get ready to sleep and that it is now night. Hope this helped! :)

Remembering your goals, what you want to achieve will help you put down your phone. Remember that you need you need to be in the best of health to do so, and this can only be done by putting the phone down, so you can rest and achieve your goals. It's a small step, but a one that will make a big, big difference. I understand it may be hard but remember your goals. Instead of staring at your phone, stare at the ceiling, thinking of your dreams, what you want to achieve, your goals. It's both motivating and a whole lot more satisfying.

It’s important to think about what your day might look like if you proceed to be on your phone at night. Sleep is very important to your well-being and having that blue light on your eyes can disrupt many health factors. If you are having trouble waking up in the morning, it might be because it’s difficult to just set your phone down and go to sleep. Setting a personal time limit on your phone can be very helpful and remind you of your goal. Another helpful thing might be to set your phone outside of your bedroom at night. It might be hard to get used to these routines the first few nights, but you will see changes in day to day life very quickly.

I like to tell myself that everything I need will be there tomorrow. Another thing I like to do is listen to relaxation music to ease my mind and calm all my racing thoughts. When I am able to focus on just one thing I am then more relaxed and able to fall asleep. It's important to try doing this before the time you want to go to sleep. When I see that I am still awake past my "time limit" I start to feel more stressed and I feel like I failed myself. However, It's important to remember that isn't true.

I have learned when I go to bed. just to turn down all the lights. turn down the volume and notifications on my phone. So, I am able to get some sleep. As I cannot sleep with any lights whatsoever. that is how I put my phone down and get some sleep. I also, turn soft music on and start some meditation music and listen to any type of soft music that will put me to sleep. I need at least 8 hours of sleep for me in order for me to be very functional in the mornings. Otherwise I cannot function in the mornings. So, Night times. I cannot Play games on my phone. I just have to plug it in away from my bed and let it charge and listen to meditation and relaxing songs.

Turn it on silent or turn it off. Stop electronics close to bedtime. Read. Listen to relaxing music. Draw. Color. Journal. Contemplate your day. Count sheep. Focus on your breathing. Try breathing techniques. Count your blessings. Try positive and gratefulness. Meditate. Try some light exercise or stretching. Write down your to do list, worries, problems, and brief solutions. Try an App like Calm. Make sure your not too hot or cold. Keep your room dark and cool. Think about your good qualities. Count to ten. Write a letter to yourself. "Keep calm and carry on." Turn off lights.

As a person who has the same problem, here are some things that usually work for me: 1- Keep your phone out of your bedroom. That’s right! Don’t even use it in the first place. Using a screen can strain your eyes and keep you awake, which is not something you want when you’re trying to sleep. If you need extra help, keep your phone out of your room entirely so it isn’t tempting to use. 2- If your phone has a screen time control option, set it for a time when you want to put it away. If you need to challenge yourself more, set it with a password that you’ll likely forget, and keep the password taped to the inside of your phone case or something just in case you need it in an emergency. 3- If you know anyone in a different time zone or who stays up later than you, ask them to check in with you to remind you to go sleep. Hope I could help! Good luck with this.

I believe they call it FOMO (fear of missing out). You refresh your social media feeds, check in with Quora to see if your answer got any up votes, hop onto You Tube to watch a video or two, and then think: Oh! I wonder X has been of Facebook? I should check that real quick….well, no, but Y is at that concert, I’m just going to peek at Instagram and see if she posted any pictures… So on and so forth, because that is the nature of social media. Something might have happened, someone may have posted. A new video could have been uploaded and you want to see. Just in case it’s important. Just in case it’s awesome. You wouldn’t want to miss something cool, right? People, fully grown adult people who should very much know better, will fritter away half a night doing this, and then, bleary eyed from lack of sleep the next day, tell themselves I am NOT doing that again. But they do. All of us, from impetuous teen to stodgy old married gal, can get hooked on the what if I miss something aspect of social media and burn up the night on our phones. None of us, from impetuous teen to stodgy old married gal, like to have a bedtime imposed on us, even when we impose it ourselves. That’s why it’s so hard. But we need rest, so it has to be. Put the phone down now and get some sleep.