Can’t Sleep? 8 Tips That Can Help

Practice good sleep habits.
Sleeping well is often about establishing the right habits. If your bed has become a place of tension from an extended bout of insomnia, then you have to work that much harder to associate bed with sleep again. First, get a different perspective by making the bedroom less familiar—move the furniture around or buy a new set of bedding. Second, stick with a regular schedule of going to bed and waking up so your body will learn to associate certain times of day with a particular part of your sleep rhythm. Third, avoid using the bedroom for anything except sleeping and sex—no reading, no television and definitely no eating. Finally, don’t let insomnia into the bedroom. If you are unable to fall asleep within 20 minutes, get up, go to another room and do something relaxing. Return to bed only when you feel sleepy again.