- Setting an alarm is a helpful trick to make sure you don’t wake up late, but it’s also beneficial if you turn the clock around so you aren’t checking the time throughout the night.
- Try breathing techniques as a means of reducing anxiety. Use your “out” breath to release anxiety and tension and imagine with each breath that stress is leaving your body.
- Now that you’re a bit calmer, try meditation. Count your in and out breaths: for example, 1-2 in, 3-4 out, 5-6 in, and so on. Don’t worry if you lose count—you can simply start back from one again.
- If your room is quiet, you can try meditating by listening to the sounds outside of your room.
- If breathing exercises and meditation aren’t successful, you can try a technique known as “paradoxical intention.” This involves staring at a point in your room for a long period until your eyes become so heavy that you close them and fall asleep.
If insomnia is a chronic problem for you, or if stress is affecting more than just your sleep, you should see your doctor for better guidance.
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