How to get more sleep

[Candy12345]

This myTake will be about how to get more sleep. This might help you but all I want is Xper so it probably will not.

School's over because of summertime. Anyways, when I had to be in school for 10 whole months because my parents made me, I always got less than 8 hours of sleep. During the final months of school I only got three to five hours of sleep until my body naturally woke me up. I was worried about my health and wanted to start sleeping more so here's what I did:

- I downloaded an app that tells how much I use my phone and what times I use it. this way I could see how much I sleep.

- Even though I'm scared of sleeping in the dark, I forced myself to sleep with the light off with only the lamp on.

As soon as school was over, the first night Of summer I slept for 13 hours. The second for 12, and now that's it's been a week I sleep for an average of 11 hours everyday. It's amazing and I love it.

All you have to do is stop going to school And download the phone time tracking app called 'moment' and turn the lights off even if you're scared.

[Dave_the_Dude]

There's lots of things that will help you sleep, and some it seems unrelated.

Eating three square meals a day at the same times, along with going to bed and waking up around the same time, are most important.

Keeping your circadian rhythm regular is by far the most crucial thing to not only getting enough sleep, but getting sleep that makes you feel rested the next day.

Avoiding stress is another huge factor. The reason you had so much trouble sleeping was the stress from your fear of the dark kept you awake. Any sort of stress will cause your body to refuse to fall asleep though. It ties into your "fight or flight" instincts. When your body feels anxiety, it releases the same hormones as when you're afraid, and thus your body thinks you're in danger and won't let you sleep until the danger has passed.

I'm an insomniac so I've spent a lot of time working this out.

Melatonin is also a life-saver. It's a vitamin you can find at most drugs stores that will put you right to sleep naturally. It's much more effective than unisom and other over-the-counter sleep aids.

[Candy12345]

That's true... One time I stayed awake for 4 days straight cause I was so excited about something. Do you still have insomnia?

[Dave_the_Dude]

Well yes, but I've learned to manage it using the advice I just gave you.

It sounds like you may be too if you've gone that long without sleep unintentionally.

[Candy12345]

Yeah I think I do too cause that wouldn't be surprising. I've been this way for my whole life

[HookingSwan]

Loool. This way i could also write a MyTake. But I guess I'm not that shameless lol

[Candy12345]

What do you mean "I'm not that shameless" ?

[HookingSwan]

Lol jk a bit with u. U said u were only writing the MyTake for the Xper Points.

[Candy12345]

Oh okay... Lol yeah... I was only level 1 at the time

[HookingSwan]

Oh. Got it ;) :D

[YazanAA]

"This might help you but all I want is Xper so it probably will not." ... LOL I stopped reading there.

[Candy12345]

But is actually helpful, I swear!

[Candy12345]

Its* I mean

[Dtegesd123]

drink warm milk before sleeping, and also don't drink water 3 hours before you sleep.

[Candy12345]

What's wrong with drinking water before sleeping?

[Dtegesd123]

usually water comes out after 2 hours or so. So you would have to get up to pee.

[Candy12345]

I guess I don't drink enough water then lol

[apexalpha]

this the best my take I have ever read
but seriously try milk with oreos

[Candy12345]

Really? Thanks I tried really hard to write it good

[apexalpha]

go get some sleep