How to sleep, if you do not want to sleep
How to sleep, if you do not want to sleep
I never helped anyone to fall asleep to anyone.a known way of counting sheep. Who invented it - is unknown. But it is known that counting, like any mental effort, activates brain activity, which does not contribute to a speedy falling asleep.
You will need
- - comfortable bed;
- - Fresh air;
- - Absence of irritants;
- - relaxing bath;
- - milk, kefir or herbal tea.
Instructions
1
If you want to fall asleep quickly, but sleep does not go,you need to remember what you should not do before going to bed. Do not count. Do not read (especially action-packed literature). Do not watch "scary" movies and programs. Do not drink alcohol, coffee and tea. Do not smoke. Do not experience physical activity. Do not eat sharp and fat and do not eat sweets. Before going to bed at all it is better not to eat, at least, for two hours.
2
Now, what you need to do to maximizerelax the body and speed up falling asleep. You can drink a glass of slightly warmed milk, unsweetened herbal tea or warm kefir. Take a half-hour walk on calm picturesque places. The pace should be leisurely. Upon returning home, it is necessary to ventilate the room in which you are going to sleep.
3
Before going to bed it is good to take a bath with soothingsalt, essential oil or extract of herbs. The bath should not be hot and last no more than twenty minutes. Then you need to prepare a bed for sleeping. Fresh linen, comfortable mattress, pillow and blanket.
4
Settled in bed, you need to takecomfortable pose. For this it is allowed to fret and experiment until the body assumes a position in which most muscles do not experience stress. Remember this posture and always take it before bedtime.
5
Try not to think about anything. This, of course, is impossible, a reasonable person thinks as long as there is, but it is important not to concentrate on the flow of thoughts. Let them slip and flow without your participation. And you watch them detached from the outside. Listen to your breathing. Try to achieve an even rhythmic breathing and listen to this rhythm. This will help not to focus on thoughts.
6
Spend a little muscle training. Strain all muscles, hold for three seconds, and then relax. Feel the warmth and heaviness in the body, in all its parts and limbs. Scientists say that fast sleep helps sex before bed. Only it should not be stormy, but calm-leisurely. If this method is available to you, you can try it. In any case, this is better than counting sheep.
