Каждому человеку знакомо состояние, когда fatigue knocks down, it seems that as soon as the head touches the pillow, you will fall into a deep, restless sleep. But, often, due to the dominance of mental work on manual labor, it becomes not so easy to fall asleep. Anxiety, insomnia, poor sleep, what to do? First of all, you need to understand the causes of poor sleep, and there may be many.
Calm down and breathe evenly
For people whose rhythm of life does not allow to arrangecomplete rest, constantly rushing somewhere, solving issues of special importance, experiencing daily stress, insomnia - a normal reaction of the body. Constant nervous excitability and internal anxiety lead to chronic lack of sleep. As a rule, people do not know what to do if they are tormented by insomnia and begin to swallow pills in handfuls, smoke, calm down with the help of alcohol or watch TV, thus aggravating their condition.
If you listen to the experts, the bestsoporific is complete relaxation, both physical and internal. Pleasant relaxing music, massage, aromatherapy, meditation, even breathing, yoga. All this helps to improve sleep, regulation of nerve endings and muscle relaxation. Just half an hour before bedtime, within a month and you will feel the improvement.
Insomnia from mind
It is believed that people engaged mainlyby mental labor, they cannot sleep for a long time and sleep very sensitively and superficially. There is undoubtedly a grain of truth in it, because sitting at a computer all day and, regularly straining only one muscle - the brain, we do not physically get tired, but we very much overload our head with tons of information. It was she who later prevented us from falling asleep. Often, seeing a bad dream, what to do, we do not know.
If your job is related to bigresponsibility and mental stress, this does not mean that in order to return healthy sleep, you need to go chop wood. Try to increase physical activity during the day, run up the stairs more, do warm-ups, and more, take it as a rule to go home on foot. You will see, very soon you will find that not only insomnia has passed, but also excess weight has gone.
In addition, it is very useful, at least several times.per week, go after work to the pool, jogging, cycling or skiing, if it is winter outside. Sport and active rest contribute to improving health, fitness and, of course - an excellent remedy for insomnia.
A few tips for the "troubled"
1.Be sure to air your bedroom every day for a couple of hours before bedtime. Fresh air and coolness contribute to fast sleep and good sleep. Heat and stale air, in contrast, cause discomfort and sleep disturbance.
2Many try to calm down with a glass of alcohol, provoking a bad dream, which is contraindicated. Avoid stimulants and psychotropic drugs at bedtime: alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, strong tea. Do not be mistaken about their relaxing action.
3. Prefer to work at the computer and watching TV before bedtime, reading light, not burdening to special reflections, the book.
4. Instead of strong coffee or tea, drink herbal tea with chamomile, lemon balm and mint for the night. This drink soothes and promotes healthy sleep.
Children's insomnia
The child had a bad dream, what to do?First of all, it is necessary to caress him, calm him down, divert him and, of course, do not leave him alone this night. The next day, talk to your child, explain to him that it was just a dream and no need to be afraid. But never forbid him to come to you at night and talk about a bad dream. Let your child trust you.
Another common problem is your child.sleeps badly What to do in this situation? First, find out the reason. Maybe he has some kind of nervous breakdown, does not develop relationships with peers or health problems. Take him to the doctor, to the psychologist, give support, parental love and attention.
Insomnia is not a fad of our body, but a small bell that informs about possible serious problems. Therefore, it is worth listening to him and provide timely assistance.
