Natural means of falling asleep

What you need:

• 1 good book
• 1 not too dark bedroom
• cool sleeping temperatures
• Rituals
• Recreational sport
• Tea to help you fall asleep

Finding the appropriate means of falling asleep

• Finding the ideal sleep aid is not always easy. Some people watch TV until midnight, by which time they fell asleep in the last commercial. At some point they turn off the TV and go back to sleep all night. Others read a few more pages in an exciting book, then their eyes are so strained that they close on their own.
• But what is bothering yours? sleep? Get to the bottom of this. Possible causes can be: During the day psychological stress, for example through stress At work, or relationship problems, financial worries, too, put a heavy strain on sleep, as this is a frequent major and existential problem. Mental stress also includes street noise or shift work that upsets your biorhythm.
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• Depression does not let you fall asleep or anxiety neuroses, for example, if you are afraid of the Darkness or you may have previously seen a spider that you have a great phobia of to have. Once you are frightened, do not fall asleep because you have to think about the experience all the time.
• Another way why they cannot fall asleep is physical illness that is pains cause. Here come arthritis and arthrosis or rheumatism and asthma in question.
• Heaviness Medication can you at night nausea and prevent you from sleeping, for example rheumatism drugs or asthma drugs, but also drugs and alcohol.


Fear of falling asleep - what to do about it

Are you afraid of falling asleep? Common causes are difficulty falling asleep, ...

• Everyone has different sleep needs, ask yourself how much sleep you really need. Some people get by on less than six hours a day, and the older you get, the less sleep you need.
• Some people have a less physically demanding job. Do you work in an office? Then you may not be physically busy and therefore continue to "work" at night, which prevents you from falling asleep.

Take ideal measures to help you fall asleep

• Do not eat heavy food or alcohol in the evening, eat lightly, for example a salad. In the case of a heavy dinner, the body spend its strength on digestion and you will find it difficult to fall asleep. Also, do not drink coffee in the evening or other stimulating drinks, such as cola, for example - this can be an effective way of falling asleep.
• Keep your sleeping area cool. A comfortable 18 ° C is enough for sleeping. If the bedroom is too warm, there is little oxygen and you sleep very poorly as a result. Pain also gets worse with little oxygen.
• Take another walk in the evening and combine this walk with a ritual. That means, go for a walk every day, no matter what the weather, and just do certain things regularly before bed. Your body gets in the mood for the coming night's rest.
• Make the bedroom dark, but not too dark, you should notice when the new day begins. If it is too dark, you do not wake up "naturally", but sleep longer than you perhaps really should because the day is distorted by the too great darkness. And if you woke up earlier automatically and without an alarm clock, you will also get tired sooner.
• Take a warm bath before going to bed, this makes your body relaxed and tired, go straight to it bedwithout doing anything. Avoid: "Now I'll just do this quickly and then I'll do this quickly".
• A cup hotter tea works wonders and is a great way to fall asleep. Drink lavender tea (pharmacy), it calms you down and makes you tired.
• If you like it quiet, avoid the TV in the bedroom or the street noise from outside. In an emergency, if you cannot open a window because of the noise from outside, you should take action and, if possible, move the bedroom to another room. Now nothing stands in the way of a healthy sleep.
• Relocate sporting activities to the morning area, because during sport the body does not come to rest, but works at full speed. Until the body has calmed down after exercising, some time will pass during which you cannot fall asleep.

With all these remedies, you should be able to sleep well - good night