Tips for Overcoming , Problems With Falling Asleep.<br />Well+Good recently spoke with sleep experts <br />for tips on dealing with sleep difficulties. <br />Here are some of their top suggestions.<br />Make time for worrying, If laying in bed and worrying about things <br />is what's keeping you awake, make time <br />and space to worry before going to bed. .<br />This just means taking a few moments <br />before bedtime to write down <br />any worries that are on your mind, <br />whether they are small or large, Rebecca Robbins, PhD, associate scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital <br />and instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, via Well+Good.<br />Paradoxical intention, This cognitive behavioral therapy technique involves <br />getting into bed, leaving your eyes open and <br />focusing on staying awake instead of falling asleep.<br />It’s just about staying in bed <br />and saying to yourself, ‘I’m going <br />to stay awake,’ without doing anything <br />else or looking at any screens, Shelby Harris, PsyD, Author of 'The Women’s Guide to Overcoming Insomnia' <br />and a clinical psychologist and sleep specialist, via Well+Good.<br />"Cognitive Shuffle" , This imagination technique was created <br />by Luc Beaudoin, PhD, an adjunct professor <br />of cognitive science at Simon Fraser University.<br />This practice involves first thinking of a word with <br />at least five letters and then thinking of and visualizing <br />words that start with each letter of that word.<br />The visualization and neutral aspect <br />of this technique can help turn off <br />the analytic, verbal narrative part <br />of the brain that often keeps us up, Shelby Harris, PsyD, Author of 'The Women’s Guide to Overcoming Insomnia' <br />and a clinical psychologist and sleep specialist, via Well+Good.<br />The practice has the same core <br />concept of counting sheep, but it<br />is more engaging and imaginative.
