Why Can’t I Sleep
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Sleeping and bad habits
In this day and age, people tend to stay up too late and get up too early. Tend to have their sleep interrupted with drugs, chemicals and work. Over stimulate with late-night activities like Facebook,Twitter, television, and games (PS3, WII, xbox360, etc.).
Why can’t I sleep is a question a lot of people ask themselves before going to bed. The reasons for it may be numerous. Usually, it’s born from bad habits that people continue to do before sleeping.
A habit is an action that we do so often that it becomes an involuntary response. If it is undesirable, it is then considered a “bad habit.” Those habits may not be bad per se. However, they have the effect of making someone unable to fall asleep. Breaking free from these habits may be hard as hell. But change is never easy and comes with a lot of hard work with no shortcuts.
Sleeping and insomnia
Before we take a look at which habits contribute to asking ourselves “why can’t I sleep?” Let us first try to understand what we are up against.
Insomnia is having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. A person who cannot get a good night’s rest and asks why can’t I sleep suffers from this condition. It’s very common. Although very few would even notice it and consider it a problem. But the fact that one has to ask why can’t I sleep already means that it is a problem. One that bothers you enough to ask other people about it or continues to plague you in your head while in bed.
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Insomnia and bad habits
There are more activities to waste your time on than to lie in bed battling your insomnia. Time is often a luxury many people can’t afford in their busy lives. Between school, work, other responsibilities and recreation most people are only in bed to rest at night.
Why can’t I sleep brings about a lot of factors that can cause your sleeplessness. As mentioned at the beginning, they could stem out from some bad habits that people do before going to bed. These bad habits are:
- Caffeine before bedtime
- Smoking during bedtime
- Drinking before bedtime
- Overeating
- Sugar snacks before bedtime
- Mental stimulation before bed
- Sex at bedtime
- Napping during the day
- Exercise before bedtime
To get an over-all view of Insomnia, click this image to go to our Insomnia Overview page. It gives a clear view of the causes, effects, and treatments for insomnia.
Good habits vs. bad habits
Sleep hygiene put simply is good bedtime habits. Start putting them into practice and see how it stops you asking why can’t I sleep. Get rid of your bad habits. Here are the 10 things to get you started on that road.
- Establish fixed times for going to bed and waking up
- Try to relax before going to bed
- Maintain a comfortable sleeping environment (not too hot, cold, noisy or bright)
- Avoid napping during the day
- Avoid caffeine, nicotine and alcohol 6 hours before bedtime
- Avoid exercise 4 hours before bedtime
- Avoid eating a heavy meal late at night
- Avoid checking or watching the clock throughout the night
- Avoid other activities that may over stimulate when it’s close to bedtime (TV, sex, games, internet, etc.)
- Use the bedroom only for sleep and sex
Insomnia and sleep hygiene
Now you have the 10 things to do to start breaking your bad habits. To put a stop to your sleeplessness and the question why can’t I sleep? You could have been doing some if not most of the things listed as bad habits. You may not have known that they in fact affect your inability to get a good night’s rest.
Change may indeed be very hard especially if you have been so used to doing the things considered “bad habits.” Start replacing the bad with the good. It is never too late to change. At least now you know. You can be more conscious about it.
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