If you need a bedtime snack, try:
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Is a naturally occurring hormone controlled by light exposure that helps regulate your sleep-wake cycle.Â
Your brain secretes more melatonin when it’s dark, making you sleepy, and less when it’s light, making you more alert.Â
However, many aspects of modern life can alter your body’s production of melatonin and shift your circadian rhythm
During the day:
At night:
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The second purpose of sleep is memory consolidation.
Sleep is crucial for memory consolidation, which is responsible for your long term memories. Insufficient or fragmented sleep can hamper your ability to remember facts and feelings/emotions.
To really find out what your individual sleep needs are, do the following experiment for at least two weeks:
You may sleep longer during the first few days, but over the course of a few weeks, a pattern will emerge of how much sleep your body needs each night.
The bedroom should be for sleeping. If you’re lying in bed for more than 15 minutes and not sleeping, just get out and leave the room.
Staying in bed while you’re anxious or not sleeping is one of the most common contributors to chronic insomnia because it trains the brain to create bad associations. So you have to break that.