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Advanced Sleep Techniques
Everyone knows the importance of sleep and simple basic steps to ensure you get a good one, so I'll skip through those.
This thread is for either those struggling to rest or those wanting to take their sleep to the next level.
Everyone knows the importance of sleep and simple basic steps to ensure you get a good one, so I'll skip through those.
This thread is for either those struggling to rest or those wanting to take their sleep to the next level.
Like many of you, I have an obsessive personality. This bodes well for many parts of life and business but not for sleep.
Pretty much the single worst thing you can do with regards to sleep is stressing about it.
Pretty much the single worst thing you can do with regards to sleep is stressing about it.
Examples of stressing about it include intrusive thoughts such as
"how many hours will I be getting if I fall asleep now"
"I am really tired, if I don't get a good night's sleep I'll be even more tired tomorrow"
"I have a big event tomorrow, I *must* sleep well tonight"
"how many hours will I be getting if I fall asleep now"
"I am really tired, if I don't get a good night's sleep I'll be even more tired tomorrow"
"I have a big event tomorrow, I *must* sleep well tonight"
The more pressure you put on sleep, the worse of it you'll get. When you're in bed, strive to have none of these thoughts. Think about pretty much anything other than this.
Here are some examples of what to think of in bed, and no, it's not counting sheep.
Here are some examples of what to think of in bed, and no, it's not counting sheep.
Map out your day tomorrow.
Reflect on the day that just passed and how you can improve.
Let your mind wander and only stop it if it's going in the wrong direction and starts obsessively thinking about sleep.
Reflect on the day that just passed and how you can improve.
Let your mind wander and only stop it if it's going in the wrong direction and starts obsessively thinking about sleep.
Many will argue that if you can't sleep is because you have "a lot on your mind" but, in most cases, people that can't sleep tend to have close to nothing on their mind.
Don't fight your brain. Let it wander.
Don't fight your brain. Let it wander.
Use a sound machine to produce white noise.
This doesn't only help you get to sleep but it helps you stay asleep as the various small noises throughout the night will be inaudible to you.
I have this one and I've used it every night for years. https://amzn.to/36jq0Pd
This doesn't only help you get to sleep but it helps you stay asleep as the various small noises throughout the night will be inaudible to you.
I have this one and I've used it every night for years. https://amzn.to/36jq0Pd
Lower the room temperature to 18ºC/65ºF. This seems extreme to some but has a perfectly logical explanation.
Our body was made to sleep in the cold. Before houses were built we slept for thousands of years at a temperature which was lower at night than it was during the day.
Our body was made to sleep in the cold. Before houses were built we slept for thousands of years at a temperature which was lower at night than it was during the day.
Sleep is not important, it's crucial. If for whatever reason, you're severely sleep-deprived for a long period of time and there is no explanation for it, you should seek medical help.
It's one thing to not seek medical help for trivial concerns but this isn't one of them.
It's one thing to not seek medical help for trivial concerns but this isn't one of them.
Many are under the impression that THC helps them sleep, but much like alcohol and other drugs, it hurts REM sleep.
This is why if you intake a large amount of THC or alcohol or any similar drug, you'll wake up 8h later feeling tired. Because you had no restorative sleep.
This is why if you intake a large amount of THC or alcohol or any similar drug, you'll wake up 8h later feeling tired. Because you had no restorative sleep.
There are a growing number of people worldwide that depend on some substance to fall asleep. The most common of these is THC or sleeping pills such as Ambien(Zolpidem).
Make no mistake, this is highly detrimental in the not so long-term.
Make no mistake, this is highly detrimental in the not so long-term.
Not only will you constantly need higher and higher dosages of your self-prescribed drug of choice causing a wide range of side effects but you are nowhere near fixing the problem. You're postponing it.
Quitting your drug of choice is not easy and, yes, you will likely experience insomnia for a short period of time depending on how long and how dependent you are on that drug.
But once you overcome that period you will sleep like you never have before.
But once you overcome that period you will sleep like you never have before.
A very small percentage of people will continue to struggle massively with insomnia long after they quit their drug of choice.
In those cases, it is common for one to believe their drug abuse was the culprit of their insomnia.
In those cases, it is common for one to believe their drug abuse was the culprit of their insomnia.
Unfortunately, it is more likely the case that drug abuse was simply masking the underlying problem. It is at this point that one should seek medical help.
