Can't sleep

[EugeneTheSage]

For the last year I experience insomnia. Usually I while I'm laying down in my bed I think about my work - 3D graphic design which I'm passionate about so much. The problem is that after such a night when I wasn't able to fall asleep for 2 hrs, my inspiration for doing actual work on 3D is quite low. This insomnia depletes me. I also experience pressure in my temples, tinnitus. I don't know whether it is my thought pattern that causes pressure, or temple pressure which causes the thought diarrhea.

I should mention that sometimes my thinking sometimes very intense, and I think it wastes a lot of energy.

Do you guys know ways to momentarily calm yourself and fall asleep?

How to unwire this tendency, and stabilize the sleep cycle so that I fall asleep early and wake up early?

Thanks

[King Merk]

Look into developing simple healthy sleep habits such as…

• no blue light exposure 1-2 hours before bed (ideal after the sun sets)
• no meals 3-4 hours before bed
• waking up at the same time every day (if you stay up late then have the discipline to still wake up early the next day)
• getting physical exercise in during the day
• meditate at some point in the day for at least 10 minutes

These are all simple things that have evidence of reducing insomnia.

The biggest one I see people struggle with is blue light exposure.

If you’re being exposed to artificial light all evening/night (which stimulates your awakeness hormones) then no wonder you can’t fall asleep. 

Edited August 3, 2022 by King Merk