Wrong ways of dealing with insomnia

Insomnia is a sleep disorder when a person is not able to fully relax.

Psychologists have learned how people help their partners to cope with insomnia. It turned out that often (though with good intentions) they give bad advice.

1. To go sooner or later

In fact, in the case of insomnia it is important to stick to the usual mode. If you go early, you’ll just toss and turn in bed and think about why you can’t sleep. And if I go to bed and get up later – just get hit by a cycle of sleep and wakefulness.

2. Watch TV or read in bed

It is better to use the bed only for sleep (and, perhaps, for one more pleasant occupation). Your brain should clearly understand this Association. Other activities in bed to sleep you will not help.

In addition, the TV and other devices with screens stimulate the brain. So the advice is doubly questionable.

3. Drink coffee, take a NAP or to reduce daily activity

No, no and no. To NAP during the day is dangerous because you again can knock down the chart. Doing nothing will only exacerbate the insomnia. And on the influence of caffeine on the sleep needless to say.

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