10 Tips for Getting Good Sleep

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  Posted by Mountainsofthemoongrl Wed May 20, 2009 2:45pm PDT

  What also works if you feel alone while your in bed, use a body pillow to snuggle up with.

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  Posted by Heather Wed May 20, 2009 6:35pm PDT

  alot of these techniques do work becuase i have trouble trying to go to sleep and staying asleep ... and definitly excerscing helps you go to sleep.

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  Posted by tony Thu May 21, 2009 1:08am PDT

  Ohhh! Why I can't sstill sleep inspite of all the exerceses I made twice a week from stretching to taeboo and road run twice a week for every thirty minutes. I just don't know. Maybe because everytime I slept even in the earliest time in the evening at about 7:00 o'clock as I started to close my eyes but it sems my mind are still awake and boggling of snything that comes along only to fifnd out that am still awake from 12 midnight up to 2 in the morning. Please I need your honest to goodness opinion, if there's any. Thanx..Tony

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  Posted by HawkeyeGirl Thu May 21, 2009 6:15am PDT

  Tony, you are probably not exercising enough. Try for 60 minutes of intense exercise at least 4-5 days a week. Tae-Bo is good, I do that myself sometimes, but lifting weights especially helps fatigue you.

  Some of these work for me, but not others. I sleep better when I exercise every day, but only if I do it in the early morning (I get up at 4:30am and hit the gym before work). I can't stand thick layers of lotion though (I feel slithery and greasy), and socks drive me nuts-I must have bare feet.

  For me, the most important thing is being cool. I never sleep well during the summer, I need nice cold nights to sleep soundly.

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  Posted by Yes its Me Thu May 21, 2009 9:23am PDT

  It sounds like your not as tired as you would like to think when you lay down, a few things do not use your bedroom for anything else but sleep & sex, if you lay down and are there for more then 15 min being restless get up go into another room. If your mind is racing take a few hours before bed to have anote book where you can write down things wether it be what you need to do still or how you feel about things. If theres something you can do at home and is really bothering you then do it. When your tired your body will know and then go to bed. Exercise is fine at 30 min a day.. this needs to be done 2 hours or more before you go to bed as well as any eating you do so your body has time to settle down.

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  Posted by daisy*kae Thu May 21, 2009 11:43am PDT

  i like to take a shower before going to bed. i use a shower gel designed to relax. while in the shower i try to get all of my thoughts out and literally wash the day away. :) i also spray my bedroom with a comforting scent. i only use it at night so that i associate the scent with going to sleep.

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  Posted by Jett Thu May 21, 2009 1:57pm PDT

  What works for me if I can't sleep is reading; it usually tires me out, and I can almost never fall asleep without reading first.

  If that doesn't work or if my mind is racing and keeping me awake, I go to my "happy place." I focus on a serene location, for me it's the sight of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming silhouetted against the night sky, and I don't think of anything else. It worked for me last night. :) I first heard about doing that on the radio, and it works because it forces you to stop thinking about what's going on in your life, it replaces your hectic thoughts with a happy and calming one, and those two things together allow you to relax and fall asleep.

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  Posted by Jett Thu May 21, 2009 2:00pm PDT

  Oh, I've also heard that lavender helps. I keep some by my bed in a bowl, but I don't know if it's really helped or not. It's supposed to be a soothing scent that helps with sleep.

  The tips in the article are good ones.

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  Posted by Patricia Fri May 22, 2009 6:43am PDT

  PRAYING always works!

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  Posted by invisible girl Fri May 22, 2009 11:11pm PDT

  i'm having a hard time sleeping nowadays...since i broke up with my boyfriend last month

  he used to call me every night...

  i will go to bed around 10pm...i'll wont be able to sleep until 1am...

  i'm crying every night...

  i need help...

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