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How to sleep like a princess

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 @ 3:10 AM | 0 Comment [s]



The Harvard Women’s Health Watch suggests six reasons to get enough sleep.


Learning and memory: Sleep helps the brain commit new information to memory through a process called memory consolidation. In studies, people who’d slept after learning a task did better on tests later.
Metabolism and weight: Chronic sleep deprivation may cause weight gain by affecting the way our bodies process and store carbohydrates, and by altering levels of hormones that affect our appetite.
Safety: Sleep debt contributes to a greater tendency to fall asleep during the daytime. These lapses may cause falls and mistakes such as medical errors, air traffic mishaps, and road accidents.
Mood: Sleep loss may result in irritability, impatience, inability to concentrate, and moodiness. Too little sleep can also leave you too tired to do the things you like to do.
Cardiovascular health: Serious sleep disorders have been linked to hypertension, increased stress hormone levels, and irregular heartbeat.
Disease: Sleep deprivation alters immune function, including the activity of the body’s killer cells. Keeping up with sleep may also help fight cancer.






First off I would like to say that this is MY personal guide, and might not work for everybody. But maybe it will help some people out. It is very frustrating to not be able to fall asleep. Sleep is so important in everybody's life, but unfortunately due to things like stress, work, school or environment not everybody gets enough sleep.



The first step
What do you do before going to sleep?

Are you still busy with homework or work related things? Or are you thinking too much about personal problems? Are you eating a snack or drinking a drink that will give you more energy? Is the television loud or are you listening to upbeat music? Do you decide to do everything you were supposed to do during the day?

It is important to be strict when it comes to your sleeping pattern. Are you sure that the things you are doing before bed time is not keeping you awake or stopping you from sleeping? Try to have a peaceful moment before you are planning to go to sleep. If you have a thousand thoughts rushing through your mind, write it down in a notebook. Try to create a safe place for your thoughts to rest before you go to sleep. There is a important fact, you need sleep and you are not getting any if you are stressing.

Step two
The bedroom

Is your bedroom 'sleep friendly'? Try to think of ways to sleep more comfortable. Is your mattress fine? Do you prefer a soft mattress or a firmer one? Do you prefer a soft pillow or a hard pillow, or maybe you do not like to sleep with pillows! You have to learn more about yourself, what is the most comfortable for you? Check out your clothing, are you wearing too much or too little? Is the fabric comfortable? I recommend not going to sleep with your day clothing, it is much better to switch to clothing just for sleeping. I really encourage you to try out different remedy's before going to bed. How about taking a warm shower? Maybe use a milky soap, or a lavender scented soap. Perhaps you can use a nice body-oil in the shower or use body-lotion afterwards. When I am not able to sleep I sometimes eat a snack and afterwards I fall asleep quickly. A lot of people recommend to not eat this many hours before going to sleep, but everybody has a different body.

Again, the question. Is your bedroom sleep friendly? Do you think you are able to sleep well in a messy room? Do you prefer sleeping with the lights on or off? For me, I cannot fall asleep until it is pitch dark. Before you go to sleep, you can lit up a incense or a scented candle. Warning though! Make sure that the candle is off before you go to sleep. I doubt you will be able to sleep if your room is on fire.

It might be a good idea to drink something warm before going to sleep. Warm milk with honey is a old traditional 'sleep drink' which was used for children before they had to go to bed. It works perfectly fine for me but I only use it in cases when I just cannot fall asleep no matter what I do. You wouldn't want your body to get used to it as it might stop working. Another idea is a caffeine-free tea that has herbs to help you to fall asleep.

Step three
In the bed

Make sure that you are comfortable in the bed. Is it too hot? Too cold? Is your pillow too low? Too fluffy? Is your clothing good to sleep in? Where is your mobile phone? Between your hands or somewhere in your room? I recommend to stop using your phone when you are laying in bed. Think this way; "Bed is only for sleep." and the light of the screen is not good for your eyes. You can also turn on relaxing music. I usually go to youtube on my phone and type in keywords like; sleep music, sleep therapy, relaxing music. I then put my phone away from me and set a timer.  Another idea that might be helpful is to listen to a audiobook. However some people prefer quietness when they are going to sleep. If you notice that you are getting frustrated because you cannot sleep, get out of the bed! Being frustrated does and will not help you with sleeping. Walk around in your room, clean up something, sort out your things for tomorrow and just try to distract yourself for a few minutes. Every time you find yourself frustrated again, get out of bed and repeat. At some point you do not even want to get out of bed because you are so tired!

I hope this might help some people to sleep again. Are you a easy sleeper?

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