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Tricks to fall asleep faster

Do you find it difficult to fall asleep ?, Would you like to be one of those who just put their head on the pillow fall asleep? We present the following scientifically supported methods, which include relaxation techniques, distraction exercises and more ways to prepare your body to fall asleep faster. Keep reading!

Tricks to fall asleep more quickly

Try to force yourself to stay awake

In a small study carried out in at the University of Glasgow, it was found that people with sleepless insomnia who were instructed to lie down and try to stay awake with their eyes open slept faster than those who were told to fall asleep without this "paradoxical intention ».

Tricks to fall asleep faster

Participants in the group who should stay awake slept more easily and showed less anxiety in sleep performance.

2.Hide your clock

You look at the clock counting: a) the hours you have left to start the next day and, therefore, the hours you will have of sleep and b) the time it is taking you to fall asleep.This scenario sound familiar? Do yourself a favor: Hide the clock.

Tricks to fall asleep faster

Checking time only increases stress , making it harder to lower the dial of your nervous system and fall asleep.

3.Cool the room

When you fall asleep, your body temperature decreases slightly, which some experts believe really helps the process in the long run , according to Harvard Medical School.The National Sleep Foundation recommends a temperature of 15.5ºC to 20ºC for the most favorable conditions for sleep.

4.Take a hot shower before bedtime

Warm your body with a hot shower one hour before going to bed and then enter a colder environment will cause the body temperature to fall more quickly.

Tricks to fall asleep faster

Studies show that this rapid decrease in temperature slows your metabolism faster and prepare the body for sleep .

5.Wear socks

Researchers from a Swiss study published in the journal Nature they observed that warm feet and hands were the best way to get the dream to start quickly.In the study, the participants placed a bottle of hot water at their feet, which widened the blood vessels on the surface of the skin, thereby increasing heat loss. Changing the blood flow from your nucleus to your extremities cools your body, working in concert with melatonin.

What do you think of these tricks to sleep faster? Many of them are related to the pressure we put on ourselves to fall asleep.Maybe we should relax, accept that it may cost us sleep and stop looking at the clock, the mobile...Just stretch and enjoy the rest that is already being stretched in a Delicious bed, although sometimes it costs us.Do you dare to try the methods presented?

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