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Anonymous on Aug 25, 2021
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There are many reasons why people might find it difficult to sleep at night. These can range from underlying reasons having to do with health to issues with sleep hygiene. If the problem persists or interferes with your daily life, consider seeing a doctor or other licensed healthcare professional for care and advice. If you would like to improve your sleep hygiene, for a better chance at sleep, consider the following: 1) Do not do work in bed, reserve the bed for sleeping. 2) Turn off all lights and TVs to maintain a dark, quiet room for sleeping in. 3) Keep your phone on silent and out of reach while sleeping. 4) Set regular times to sleep each night and wake up each day. Keeping a schedule will help reinstate your body's natural rhythm. 5) Avoid caffeine or any stimulating foods or beverages before bed. You may want to experiment with when to have your last tea or coffee of the day, as having it earlier in the day might improve your ability to fall asleep at night. If you do not notice improvement with these tips, or if your lack of sleep is persistent and affecting your life, seeing a doctor for the issue may help you find a more effective solution.
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Anonymous on Sep 16, 2021
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There can be many reasons why you are not sleeping at night. It could be due to anxiety, stress, or in general just going through a lot in your life. I am also one who also has trouble sleeping at night. I have tried different things such as Melatonin, meditation, praying (I am Catholic which is why I pray, different things to help me sleep. I was desperate at times in which I took Benadryl because it would knock me out (which I highly do not recommend doing) but what I have found most effective is training my mind. I do say a daily night prayer and meditate but I try my best to focus on not letting things get to me, especially those I cannot control. I also try to workout several hours before bed (not right before) so that way it can tire me out. One app in particular that has helped me sleep is called Headspace. This app on my phone has helped me with my anxiety, as well as helping me sleep at night. Lastly, one other thing that has helped has been doing deep breathing exercises. If I am just tossing and turning, I will get up, walk around inside the house then try to fall asleep again which has helped me as well. There can be many different reasons as to why you are not sleeping but the best is to try and find what works for you so you are able to fall asleep. If you have not tried what I mentioned above, I would consider! Because it has really helped me and allows me to get a good night sleep
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Anonymous on Sep 19, 2021
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There are two crucial things to be maintained for peaceful sleep. The first is enough physical activity in the day. Our mind doesn't think we should get rest at night if we don't strain our physical body enough in the daytime. The second is keeping away gadgets 30min-1hr before sleep is mandatory because our brains get hyperactive when it gets access to dynamic information on the internet. It takes hours to get back to normal states. We can't get quality sleep until our minds return back to normal states. This is also a reason why people sleep for long hours yet wake with exhaustion/restlessness. Because they think they slept but it won't be the quality deep sleep. These two things will ensure to push away majority of sleep issues. Little things like waking up in morning, not taking naps in afternoon, intake of proper food on time will add up.
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Anonymous on Oct 6, 2021
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Sometimes we struggle to sleep because we have a lot on our minds. It might be that we are subconsciously thinking about things that we are you addressing in our lives currently. It might not always be obvious a lot of us go through life doing everyday tasks and getting on with life we sometimes might dismiss things that might be troubling us. This can be a reason why you will struggle to sleep at night Another reason why you might be struggling to sleep is because you’re worrying about tasks you need to complete the next day. That can cause us to worry and not sleep at night.
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Anonymous on Oct 6, 2021
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Do you give yourself time to relax prior to getting into bed to sleep? Do you sit in your bed when you do homework, or when you go to bed do you sit on your phone or laptop, do you get into bed immediately after doing something active. Take some time to unwind, maybe take a warm shower to wash yourself of the stress of the day and calm your body down. Put your phone down an hour before bed, and try to read a book or write in a journal. Your brain could be running a million miles a minute and it doesn't take the time to wind down and rest.
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KaiZager on Dec 24, 2021
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Insomnia is a very common thing for people of all ages. It is what keeps us from falling asleep at night. It is very uncomfortable feeling of not being able to fall asleep even if you are extremely tired or need to be up early the next morning. Luckily it can be helped! There are many ways you can try and improve it by cutting down caffeine, only using your bed for sleeping and not lounging, exercising, not taking naps, and staying away from using electronics before you sleep. If you've tried all of these and it still isn't working, checking up with your doctor can be beneficial!
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CrinoCalculateVar9 on Dec 26, 2021
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The probable reason can be divided into two aspects for the physical one and the psychological one. For example, probably you take too much caffeine before going to bed and certainly your brain will be active and you won't feel sleepy. For the psychological reason, you may have the hobby to think about something before sleeping so you could try to allow yourself not to think about them before sleeping. You may feel insecure when you fail to sleep as well, or you are facing some trouble caused by some psychological issues. You can ask for help from trustable people around you or ask a psychological counsellor for help! Listeners on 7cups can also listen to you if you would like to find someone to tell something worrying you! Being unable to fall asleep is a terrible feeling so hope that your problem can be solved and my answer provides some help :)
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SunnyKlouds on Jan 27, 2022
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Individuals constantly have something or the other in their mind 24*7. Mind is constantly occupied in thoughts throughout the day. At night some of these thoughts are still present in our mind and we keep thinking about it. Besides while sleeping one usually thinks about things done during the day and then about things to do the next day. Also at times we are anxious, worried about something that makes us to think even when its too much and when one should sleep and take rest. Its the anxiety, stress and worry that makes it difficult to sleep at night.
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Anonymous on Feb 12, 2022
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I personally had to stop having caffeine of any kind after noon or I find I will be awake all night. I also made a point to discontinue watching television or looking at my phone or computer at least thirty minutes prior to trying to go to bed so that my mind could calm down and relax. Another thing I was doing was exercising late at night, showering, and trying to sleep and the exercise made me feel too energized to sleep so now I exercise in the morning. Perhaps you can think about what your bedtime regiment looks like to see if you can make adjustments like I did that might help you sleep better.
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SupportingStep20 on Feb 23, 2022
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The answer to this question and to everyone curiosity is broken down to two main possibilities such as technology such as scrolling through social media or even watching your favourite tv programmes or simply playing games can cause insomnia and moving on to the next possibility which was just mentioned is insomnia where you feel tired and you can sleep but you can’t actually drift off as one would simply hope. When this question spring to mind think over these possibilities and if it turns out to be technology especially at night you may want to consider reducing screen time and replace with reading.
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