I understand, many people experience insomnia and sleep troubles. In fact, for close to 40% of Canadians, sleep-related problems such as insomnia are a regular occurrence. There can be many factors preventing us from achieving a restful night’s sleep. Many don’t understand how and why insomnia can affect them – and what they can do about it.
There are a few tips you can use to keep healthy sleep habits and improve your ability to get a good night’s rest. For example: keep a consistent sleep schedule; stay regularly active, skip daytime naps, pay attention to your caffeine, alcohol or nicotine intake close to bedtime; create a successful bedtime routine; reserve your bed for sleep and most importantly, don’t worry about it.
You probably noticed that the harder you try, the more elusive sleep becomes, the more anxious you become about sleep, and so on. Watching the clock and doing mental calculations in the night are counterproductive for sleep. So are dire predictions about how changes to your sleep will affect your daytime functioning, or your future in general.