Here are some great tips and pointers to make you sleep better every night! Getting a good night’s sleep is a challenge for many of us. Many people resort to medications! Indeed, some people “self-medicate” with alcohol!

Medications like Ambien are not good for you. And you can become over-dependent on them, if not addicted. Also, some of the ingredients tend to distort your perception of time, so even though you think you fell asleep faster that may not be the case. Personally, I hate to use medications for sleep. I always wonder what would happen if there was an emergency at home with one of the kids, or a fire or earthquake. I don’t want to be in a drugged state when dealing with something like that!

And for those who claim that they get a great night’s sleep after alcohol, that is not the case. You may wake up feeling like you slept deeply but it’s the wrong kind of rest. Do you really feel refreshed and full of energy the next day? I don’t think so!

If you want to sleep better there are certain things you need to address.

Tips For How To Sleep Better

  1. You cannot make yourself go to sleep. Your brain will go to sleep when it wants to. So lying there trying to fall asleep is a fool’s game. If you find that you are not falling asleep, get up and do some menial chores. Wash the dishes or sort through the mail. Even try some light reading, but not in bed. If you are not falling asleep you should not be in the bedroom. You need your brain to associate the bedroom only with sleep!
  2. You need to realize that for a normal person the body temperature drops by about four degrees when they are sleeping. That is one of the reasons why sleep is associated with night time. It’s cooler then usually. People with insomnia do not experience the same body temperature swings. Because their body temperature doesn’t rise as much, they don’t feel invigorated in the morning and they don’t fall asleep in the evening.
    There are natural strategies for getting your body temperature to rise. Take a brink walk in the morning for 30 minutes or so. This will raise your body temperature and you will be energized during the day. Raising the body temperature during the day and causing it to fall in the evening is a great strategy for how to sleep better.
  3. The most important tip is not to focus on your insomnia. It’s a case of being careful what you ask for. If you constantly tell yourself that you are an insomniac and can’t sleep what do you think is going to happen. It certainly is not a good strategy for how to sleep better!