4 Ways to Deal With Insomnia Naturally

According to WebMD, 15% of adults suffer from chronic insomnia. Many more struggle with insomnia on an occasional basis.

If you find yourself falling into this group of adults, you know just how debilitating insomnia can be. It not only affects your evenings, as you lay in bed tossing and turning, but it also cascades into your life as you face each morning tired and frustrated.

There certainly are medical ways to deal with your insomnia. A sleeping pill may help you consistently settle into a deep, uninterrupted sleep.

But, what happens if you aren’t particularly excited about taking a pill? Or if sleeping pills affect you in ways that unsettle you, like causing you to sleepwalk, to talk in your sleep, or to sleep so deeply that you don’t wake up when your alarm goes off?

There are a number of things that may help you deal with insomnia more naturally. Even if none of these tips help you to overcome your sleep problems, there is no harm in at least trying to deal with your insomnia in a more natural way.

Here are a few tips that you may find helpful:

• Keep a notepad next to your bed. When something runs through your head over and over again, write it down. Then tell yourself that you can deal with this problem in the morning.
• If you are having difficulty falling asleep or you wake up unexpectedly during the evening, get out of bed. You don’t want to associate your bed with negative thoughts, like insomnia. Get up, read a chapter of a book, try to get yourself tired. Then, head back to bed to get some sleep.
• Turn your alarm clock away from your bed so you don’t fixate on the time.  Resist the temptation to continually turn the clock towards you.
• If you are concerned about oversleeping – and thus can’t fall asleep – find two or three different ways to ensure that you wake up. Set your bedside alarm clock, as well as the clock on your phone. If you are in a hotel, ask for a wake up call. Reassure yourself that you can’t oversleep because you will be awakened by two or even three different alarms.

Hopefully, some of the above tips will help you sleep more restfully, without the aid of sleep medication.