If
you are become problematic in sleeping at night whether it is falling asleep or
staying asleep, it could be that it is environmental factors that are hampering
your sleep.
Think about your home and where you sleep, what could it be that is
waking you up? It could be noise, lighting, and a neighbor's dog, a busy road
by your home, a snoring spouse, and police sirens if you live in the city, and
the list goes on and on.
Even if you slept through the night, these aspects can
upset the quality of sleep that you get. Other factors can be temperature that
is either too hot or too cold and allergies from environmental factors.
Now
if you have found that you are suffering from insomnia and the cause is one of
an environmental issue then you are going to have to act to get results and
this is something that you might want to address right away.
Adjust the
temperature in your room if it is too hot or too cool. There are a lot of ways
to make your room a very comfortable temperature while still allowing for the
comfort of others in the home.
If it is too warm, close your vents, you can
even cover them with foil if there still seems to be heat escaping into the
room. Ceiling fans work great too.
If
it is too hot get an air conditioner, even a small window unit will cool off
your room. Maybe you do not live in a single family home, you live in an
apartment or condo and you are lying awake because of one of your neighbors.
You have the right to do something about that, talk to management or talk to your
neighbors and have the matter cleared up before you lose anymore rest.
Another
environmental factor that contributes to lack of sleep/insomnia is when a new
baby is in the home.
While many fathers are able to sleep through all of the
middle of the night feedings, usually it is the mother who lacks sleep, and
lots of it at that.
Unfortunately, there is not much that you can do about
this. This is one form of insomnia that you will have to just wait to pass.
If
bright light is coming into your room from any source that you are
uncomfortable with then invest in some room darkening blinds and your room will
stay dark as long as you want it to, even in the middle of the day.
If it is
noise that keeps you awake, find the source and eliminate it, even if it means
moving. If you have a spouse that snores a lot or tosses and turns then find
out the cause of that problem and eliminate it.
Worst
case scenario, you may have to have to get separate rooms. Whatever the cause,
if it is environmental, thank your lucky stars that you do not have insomnia in
a form that you can’t eliminate, as many do.
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