Comments on: What’s your advice for good sleep? http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/ Happiness, Positive Psychology, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Stories, and the Brain Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:50:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Senia.com — Positive Psychology Blog » Happiness 101 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-3019 Senia.com — Positive Psychology Blog » Happiness 101 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:22:53 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/#comment-3019 [...] Sleep (update: Sleep (1-10-07) , How to Get to Sleep on Time (1-11-07), Q: Your advice for good sleep? (1-12-07)) [...] [...] Sleep (update: Sleep (1-10-07) , How to Get to Sleep on Time (1-11-07), Q: Your advice for good sleep? (1-12-07)) [...]

]]> By: Michael Vanderdonk http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 Michael Vanderdonk Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:51:52 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/#comment-2843 Having worked with my own and others sleeping patterns, and on top of a few tips already mentioned I would include: * Stop drinking caffeinated drinks after midday. * Make the room you sleep in dark as possible which queues natural sleep response. * Have a warm drink before bed, raising your core temperature and also queuing your sleep response. * Opposite to that, a cold shower in hot climates can cool you down enough to get to sleep. * Keep a sleep diary - When you went to bed, how long it took to get to sleep, when you woke up and how you felt the next day. After a few weeks you will know how long you need for a full nights sleep, when is best to get to sleep, and when to wake up. * Setting the alarm clock for the same time each morning. Enjoy. Having worked with my own and others sleeping patterns, and on top of a few tips already mentioned I would include:

* Stop drinking caffeinated drinks after midday.
* Make the room you sleep in dark as possible which queues natural sleep response.
* Have a warm drink before bed, raising your core temperature and also queuing your sleep response.
* Opposite to that, a cold shower in hot climates can cool you down enough to get to sleep.
* Keep a sleep diary – When you went to bed, how long it took to get to sleep, when you woke up and how you felt the next day. After a few weeks you will know how long you need for a full nights sleep, when is best to get to sleep, and when to wake up.
* Setting the alarm clock for the same time each morning.

Enjoy.

]]> By: senia http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 senia Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:53:03 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/#comment-2831 Thanks for the tips, Grim, Bob, and Lila. Lila, very interesting about writing something down to forget about it - I do that too! And I totally agree about the same time to bed and to wake. Grim, great on the deep breathing. I'll totally incorporate your guys' suggestions into the next part - measuring success of sleep. Sweet! Thanks for the tips, Grim, Bob, and Lila.

Lila, very interesting about writing something down to forget about it – I do that too!
And I totally agree about the same time to bed and to wake.

Grim, great on the deep breathing.

I’ll totally incorporate your guys’ suggestions into the next part – measuring success of sleep. Sweet!

]]> By: Lila http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 Lila Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:13:42 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/#comment-2827 Maybe I'm not a good one to answer, as I'm plagued by insomnia (including right now) but the standard advice seems to at least help for me, if not get me through the night: * don't exercise within a couple of hours of bed * don't eat anything heavy within a couple of hours of bed * try to go to bed and get up around the same time every day * no long naps * try to go to bed and get up around the same time every day * sometimes relaxation/imagination techniques, like grim mentioned, can help for me. But more often I find myself imagining those things for a few minutes and then going back to thinking about whatever I was thinking about before! * if I'm up because I'm worried about something, writing it down (so I don't forget) and deciding I'll delay the worry till the next morning can help. Maybe I’m not a good one to answer, as I’m plagued by insomnia (including right now) but the standard advice seems to at least help for me, if not get me through the night:
* don’t exercise within a couple of hours of bed
* don’t eat anything heavy within a couple of hours of bed
* try to go to bed and get up around the same time every day
* no long naps
* try to go to bed and get up around the same time every day
* sometimes relaxation/imagination techniques, like grim mentioned, can help for me. But more often I find myself imagining those things for a few minutes and then going back to thinking about whatever I was thinking about before!
* if I’m up because I’m worried about something, writing it down (so I don’t forget) and deciding I’ll delay the worry till the next morning can help.

]]> By: Bob Cuddy http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-2812 Bob Cuddy Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:31:37 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/#comment-2812 At the risk of sounding like a spammer I invented a pillow that has allowed me to sleep more soundly and without pain from a herniated neck disk. And it has stopped my snoring. The SquidFace and ComfyRest pillows were invented and patented so that I could truly lie facedown comfortably and breathe without turning my head to the side. Is beneficial facedown, on my back or on my side. Snoring relief and many additional pain relief benefits are on my website. Hopefully it may help you. www.SquidFace.com At the risk of sounding like a spammer I invented a pillow that has allowed me to sleep more soundly and without pain from a herniated neck disk. And it has stopped my snoring. The SquidFace and ComfyRest pillows were invented and patented so that I could truly lie facedown comfortably and breathe without turning my head to the side. Is beneficial facedown, on my back or on my side. Snoring relief and many additional pain relief benefits are on my website. Hopefully it may help you. http://www.SquidFace.com

]]> By: grimo1re http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-2810 grimo1re Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:10:08 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/#comment-2810 Well I'm blessed with the ability to sleep easily and deeply so I don't really have that many tips. When I do get plagued by lack of sleep I usually wake up my husband telling him I can't sleep and that I'm bored. As you can imagine he's happy I'm a good sleeper too ;-) What I find helps when I do have trouble sleeping is to lie on my back and breathe deeply (it's amazing how many people don't know how to breathe!) and slowly, and think about something pleasant but not too exciting: walking along a beach, imagining myself sleeping in a hammock, thinking of a farm I once was and imagining the smells...simple stuff like that. I need lots of sleep, if I sleep less than 8 hours a night I get cranky, cold, hungry, and basically have an awful day. Many of my friends sacrifice sleep to be able to fit more activities in their day, I can't do that. I love sleep! *yawn* -grimo1re Well I’m blessed with the ability to sleep easily and deeply so I don’t really have that many tips. When I do get plagued by lack of sleep I usually wake up my husband telling him I can’t sleep and that I’m bored. As you can imagine he’s happy I’m a good sleeper too ;-)

What I find helps when I do have trouble sleeping is to lie on my back and breathe deeply (it’s amazing how many people don’t know how to breathe!) and slowly, and think about something pleasant but not too exciting: walking along a beach, imagining myself sleeping in a hammock, thinking of a farm I once was and imagining the smells…simple stuff like that.

I need lots of sleep, if I sleep less than 8 hours a night I get cranky, cold, hungry, and basically have an awful day. Many of my friends sacrifice sleep to be able to fit more activities in their day, I can’t do that. I love sleep!

*yawn*

-grimo1re

]]> By: Alvaro http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 Alvaro Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:29:35 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/01/12/whats-your-advice-for-good-sleep/#comment-2804 Hola Senia! Just wanted to drop by and say it was great to finally meet you and chat. See you :-) Hola Senia!

Just wanted to drop by and say it was great to finally meet you and chat. See you :-)

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