How To Fall Asleep Fast

Sleep is divided into 3 main parts. There's the quiet sleep, there's the rapid eye movement sleep, and then there are some short periods where you wake for 1 or 2 minutes in the middle of the night. People require different amounts of sleep.

There are some people who can survive on 3 or 4 hours of sleep, and there are some people who will be miserable if they don't get their 8 hours. The majority of getting a good night's sleep depends on something we call sleep hygiene. Sleep hygiene is very easy.

It involves avoiding caffeine the 3 or 4 hours before bedtime, avoiding alcohol the 3 or 4 hours before bedtime, avoiding smoking for the hour before bedtime. It also involves making your bedroom a place of sanctuary, a place where sleep is the main objective and people find it helpful to remove stimulating objects such as the television or the radio from their bedroom and involving a bit of a ritual before they go to bed. Doing things such as turning off the lights, turning off appliances, having a warm drink without caffeine and involving brushing your teeth and even putting on your bed clothes could be part of that ritual.

It's very important that that ritual is done every night so that your body knows that it's getting used to going to bed. It's important to go to bed when you feel tired, not when you're feeling wide awake after some stimulating activity. If these measures fail, it's important to start the ritual again.

If you're not going to sleep after 30 minutes, get up, go back into the main house, switch on all the lights, switch on the appliances and start the ritual from scratch. It's important that you train your body to get used to going to sleep. Different people report success with herbal remedies such as Nytol and other over-the-counter things.

There's no real evidence that these things work, but if they work for you, then great! Take them. You'll get a good night's sleep. Insomnia is a very common problem and affects most of the population at some point their life.

Thankfully, most of it is short term. But if it is a long term problem with you, please and go see your doctor because there are lots of things we can do for you. So, in summary, there is no correct amount of sleep you need.

You just need what's right for you. Two, make sure that you have good sleep hygiene. Three, take some over-the-counter remedies if they help, but you don't need them.

And four, go see your doctor if it becomes a big problem for you. And that's my advice on how to fall asleep fast. .