Ever find yourself struggling to fall asleep? Maybe you toss and turn in your covers, perhaps the temperature doesn’t feel right or maybe your mind is racing and there’s just too much on your mind. Whatever the situation may be, you don’t need to suffer any longer.
The American Sleep Association says that around 60 million adults in the United States actually has some kind of sleep disorder. This includes conditions like restless leg syndrome, insomnia or even stress-related issues like anxiety and depression. There are many conditions that could to sleep disorders developing, but there are also times when it’s completely unrelated to an underlying condition.
Sometimes, we might just have trouble falling asleep due to something that happened during the day that’s on our mind, or perhaps due to the way we live our lives. There are plenty of different factors that could affect our sleep, so here are a couple of practical tips and tricks to follow if you can’t fall asleep.
18 Practical tips
1. Try a breathing exercise
There’s a very popular 4-7-8 exercise that has been proven to help people fall asleep. All you have to do is inhale for four seconds, hold your breath for seven seconds then exhale for eight seconds. Repeat this a couple of times to lower your heart rate and blood pressure, helping you fall asleep more easily.