{"id":1375,"date":"2020-04-07T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2020-04-09T12:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:57:37","slug":"tips-that-may-help-you-fall-asleep-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/tips-that-may-help-you-fall-asleep-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips that May Help You Fall Asleep Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nothing is more frustrating than trying, and failing, to fall asleep. <a href=\"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sleep is crucial to your health (opens in a new tab)\">Sleep is crucial to your health<\/a> and wellbeing, and getting the recommended eight hours can help with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Improving your\nmemory<\/li><li>Cleansing your body\nof inflammation<\/li><li>Increasing\ncreativity <\/li><li>Improving your\nfocus<\/li><li>Helping maintain\nyour weight<\/li><li>Making you a\nhappier person<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next time you\u2019re up late tossing and\nturning, try one of the tips below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try to Stay Awake <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woman-in-white-tank-top-sleeping-on-bed-3807624-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"woman sleeping in bed\" class=\"wp-image-1376\" width=\"446\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woman-in-white-tank-top-sleeping-on-bed-3807624-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woman-in-white-tank-top-sleeping-on-bed-3807624-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woman-in-white-tank-top-sleeping-on-bed-3807624-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woman-in-white-tank-top-sleeping-on-bed-3807624-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For most people, falling asleep is\ninvoluntary and takes little to no effort. But if you\u2019re anxious about tomorrow\nand worrying about the amount of sleep you\u2019ll get, it could cause performance\nanxiety and hinder your body\u2019s ability to fall asleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of worrying about falling\nasleep, think about staying awake instead. This often lessens&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;and gives your mind a\nchance to relax enough to fall asleep. It\u2019s a technique known as paradoxical\nintent, a&nbsp;cognitive behavioral\ntherapy&nbsp;technique used to lessen the anxiety around falling\nasleep,\u201d explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dukehealth.org\/find-doctors-physicians\/sujay-kansagra-md\" title=\"Sujay Kansagra, MD | Duke Health\">Sujay Kansagra<\/a>, M.D., director of\nDuke University\u2019s Sleep Medicine program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep Your Feet Warm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wearing socks to bed may decrease the\namount of time it takes to fall asleep, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepassociation.org\/about-asa\/contributors\/joseph-krainin\/\" title=\"DR. JOSEPH KRAININ, M.D. | American Sleep Association\">Joseph Krainin<\/a>, M.D., president\nof Singular Sleep, LLC, and chief medical expert for SoClean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe benefit of wearing socks to bed\nseems to be vasodilation. The best explanation is that warming the feet causes\nblood vessels to dilate, and this signals to the brain that it\u2019s time to fall\nasleep,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buy a Weighted Blanket<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Swaddling a baby tightly in a blanket\nmimics the comfort and security of a womb, and the same principle applies to\nusing a weighted blanket. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Positive-Effects-of-a-Weighted-Blanket-on-Insomnia-Ackerley-Badre\/b13cd411fd396335a4f99570e6385828108a68e6\" title=\"Positive Effects of a Weighted Blanket on Insomnia | Rochelle Ackerley, Gwenaelle Badre, H\u00e5kan Olausson\">2015 study<\/a> found that\nweighted blankets may help with sleep by stimulating certain points of the body\nthat cause the brain to release serotonin, a neurotransmitter that helps\nregulate sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try Sleep Restriction Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This behavioral <a href=\"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/sleep\/sleep-disorders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"treatment for insomnia (opens in a new tab)\">treatment for insomnia<\/a> limits your time in bed so you\u2019re only there from when it\u2019s time to fall asleep until it\u2019s time to wake up. By spending less time in bed, you may experience mild sleep deprivation at first, but over time it should promote an earlier sleep onset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tips that May Help You Fall Asleep Faster\u201cThis earlier sleep onset should decrease the insomnia and then give the patient confidence in his ability to regain natural sleep,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.damonraskinmd.com\/about\/damon-raskin.php\" title=\"About Dr. Damon Raskin | Damon Raskin MD\">Damon Raskin<\/a>, M.D., sleep medicine specialist and Concierge Choice Physicians affiliate.  For more information or to schedule an appointment with a sleep specialist, call Hampton Roads ENT.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing is more frustrating than trying, and failing, to fall asleep. Sleep is crucial to your health and wellbeing, and getting the recommended eight hours can help with: Improving your memory Cleansing your body of inflammation Increasing creativity Improving your focus Helping maintain your weight Making you a happier person Next time you\u2019re up late&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"(757) 825-2500 | Sleep is crucial to your health and wellbeing, and getting the recommended eight hours can help with improving your memory.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}