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T he following list will include 10 ways to fall asleep. Like I said, all of these probably won?t work for you. Still, if you?re
trying to learn how to make yourself sleepy, some of these will be invaluable. H opefully these tips to fall asleep will get you
snoozing in no time.
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10 T i p s on H ow to M ak e You r sel f Fal l A sl eep
1.) Sl eep on a sch ed u l e: M any people str uggle w ith h ow to get a good n igh t sleep. O n e of th e best th in gs you
can do is to go to sleep ever y n igh t at th e sam e tim e so th at you can wake up at th e sam e tim e. You m igh t n ot
th in k th is is on e of th e best ways to f all asleep, but it def in itely h elps. T h e f ir st few days you?ll be tem pted to
sleep in because you didn?t get to sleep. I f th at h appen s tr y an d stick it out. I f you wake up on your sch edule,
you?ll be n ice an d tir ed by th e tim e it?s tim e to get to bed.
2.)K eep y ou r r oom (an d y ou r bed ) cool : Accor din g to th e N ation al Sleep Foun dation , th e tem per atur e of your
r oom is what w ill m atter when it com es to h ow to get a good n igh t sleep. I f you wan t to f all asleep easily th ey
r ecom m en d a tem per atur e n o h igh er th an 67 degr ees. You can take th is a step f ur th er by ch oosin g a m attr ess
th at h as a coolin g top layer. O n good option is th e Eve m attr ess. T h is th ick, com for table m attr ess h as a coolin g
top layer an d is m ade of th ick foam which wor ks for a var iety of sleep sty les.
3.)D i tch th e al ar m cl ock : O bviously in your question to f in d ways to f all asleep you can?t just toss out your
alar m clock. You can tur n it ar oun d th ough . N oth in g is wor se th an star in g at th e clock an d coun tin g dow n th e
tim e un til you?ve got to wake up. M ovin g th e clock away f r om th e bed, so you can?t see it, w ill m ake for a m or e
r elaxin g exper ien ce th at w ill actually h elp to get you to bed f aster.
4.)T r y ar om ath er apy : T h er e ar e a n um ber of scen ts th at can h elp in itiate sleep, but n on e of th em ar e m or e
power f ul th an th e sooth in g scen t of laven der. I n f act, laven der is able to keep you calm an d r elaxed, dr op your
blood pressur e, an d put you in to a state th at is f avor able for sleepin g. Just br eath e in th e scen t of laven der, in
deep br eath s, a few tim es befor e bed. T h is sim ple action m igh t be th e th in g to h elp you call it a n igh t.
5.)T h i n k of th i n gs th at k eep y ou cal m : W h en I was youn ger, I suf fer ed f r om sever e h eadach es. T h ey of ten kept
m e up at n igh t. O n e th in g th at occasion ally h elped was th in kin g of th in gs th at r elaxed m e. I would th in k of a
place I wan ted to go or h ad been . I would th in k of details about th at place. By visualizin g dow n to th e tin iest
detail, I was able to for get about m y h eadach e. Befor e I kn ew it, I would of ten lull m yself to sleep in th e process.
I ?ve h ear d th is m eth od of visualization wor ks m uch better th an coun tin g sh eep for m any people.