Is there anything quite as frustrating as not being able to get to sleep at night? Then you do finally doze off and the alarm wakes you up 2 hours later and you, quite frankly, feel like a zombie! Let’s see what you can do to help you sleep.

You need to shut down your brain, so to do this shut down your TV, laptop or anything else that is making you concentrate. These devices are causing your brain to work and keep it awake.

You may have a favourite show you watch in bed, the thing is that because you enjoy it so much you will be concentrating hard on it. Your brain needs to be able to sleep so that you can.

Now this is a tip that students use when they need to study. Get yourself a non fiction book that is full of facts but has zero entertainment value. Your brain recognizes how boring this is and shuts itself down, enabling you to fall asleep.

You need to so something to make you tired and physical exercise that really pushed you is the best way to do this. Your mind and your body will both switch off through exhaustion.

Although some people say all exercise will do this, I tend to stick to cardio and resistance work. Yes I have that buzz immediately afterwards, but by the evening my body is crying out for sleep.

If you have poor eyesight, take out your contacts before getting into bed, this is for two main reasons.

If your eyesight is bad without your visual aids, there will be few distractions and secondly your eyes will relax quicker and want to close.

The last thing is that you should never eat at night. The obvious reason for this is weight gain as you won’t burn off the calories and secondly it is another distraction that you are thinking about. Your brain will associate bedtime with food and you will find yourself getting food and snacks instead of relaxing and winding down.

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