Get your best sleep - here's how
| Apr 26, 2019, 12:18 IST
Heading to bed after a particularly draining day can be the best form of therapy. According to a group of scientists, a good night’s sleep helps people to rationalize and neutralize embarrassing experiences they had during the day, giving you an opportunity to move on.
But with a growing population of people suffering from insomnia, this can’t be said for everyone. Insomniacs have no such effect, which creates a vicious circle that reinforces the sleeplessness.
Ahead are a few tried and tested ways that will help you put to sleep.
If you eat meat or any other kind of a heavy meal, it is best to be had at least four hours before you go to bed. This is how it takes to digest food. Before going to bed, drink half a glass of water.
- Light a lamp
- Paint your room a relaxing colour
Choose a colour scheme that you find relaxing. Forget what you’ve heard about certain colours being more soothing than others, just pick one that you find restful and decorate your room with it.
- Stay away from screens before bed
Screen time, be it from laptops, phones or television have an ample impact on your sleep cycle. So if you have a television in your room, you know what to do. Those activities won’t help you relax, so keep them to another room and you’ll find it easier to drift off to sleep.
- Cut out afternoon caffeine
The effects of cafferine start hitting us after fifteen minutes The full effect hits us after an hour and can take between four and six hours to completely wear off. This means it’s not ideal to drink any caffeine after lunch. You may find that a cup of coffee is still keeping you alert when all you really want is some shut-eye.
But with a growing population of people suffering from insomnia, this can’t be said for everyone. Insomniacs have no such effect, which creates a vicious circle that reinforces the sleeplessness.
Ahead are a few tried and tested ways that will help you put to sleep.
If you eat meat or any other kind of a heavy meal, it is best to be had at least four hours before you go to bed. This is how it takes to digest food. Before going to bed, drink half a glass of water.
- Light a lamp
- Paint your room a relaxing colour
Choose a colour scheme that you find relaxing. Forget what you’ve heard about certain colours being more soothing than others, just pick one that you find restful and decorate your room with it.
- Stay away from screens before bed
Screen time, be it from laptops, phones or television have an ample impact on your sleep cycle. So if you have a television in your room, you know what to do. Those activities won’t help you relax, so keep them to another room and you’ll find it easier to drift off to sleep.
- Cut out afternoon caffeine
The effects of cafferine start hitting us after fifteen minutes The full effect hits us after an hour and can take between four and six hours to completely wear off. This means it’s not ideal to drink any caffeine after lunch. You may find that a cup of coffee is still keeping you alert when all you really want is some shut-eye.