From worrying a few times about a stressful work week to real insomnia with all its consequences. Almost everyone suffers from sleeping problems from time to time.
Fall asleep quickly. 8 hours of sleep. Sweet dreams. Wake up rested. It is an ideal picture that we all welcome with open arms. Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? Perhaps these tips from sleep professionals will help you.
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Sleep exercise therapist Ria Geurtsen advises planning a 'thinking moment'. Not just before going to sleep, but during the day. Give yourself time to reflect on the events that concern you. And also consciously close the moment. Hopefully this will prevent you from lying about it as soon as your head hits your pillow in the evening.
Cesar therapist Joyce Ruys believes that your sleeping conditions should be as optimal as possible. Provide a fresh, clean bed with a nice mattress and good quality bedding. Make sure that nothing is caught, pinched or in the way (for example, do your pajamas still fit well?). And check whether your body can adopt a good sleeping position. You must be able to breathe freely. Arms and hands should be relaxed. And the pelvis must be stable, firm on the mattress.
It sounds so contradictory, but a large part of the sleep problems can partly lie in a wrongly learned rhythm in which you spend too much time in bed. You are tired, experience difficulties falling asleep, you also wake up tired.. and 'so' you go to bed extra early or you sleep in extra long. Not always wise, believes the Flemish therapist Johan Verbraecken. Many of his patients therefore benefit from sleep restriction. The sleep time is shortened to prevent you from tossing and turning aimlessly and the hours in bed are lost anyway. Together with a therapist you figure out what a better sleep-and-wake-rhythm is.
