Sometimes, getting out of bed and reading or doing something else that distracts you from your sleep issues without getting you too revved up can be helpful. Clock-blocking (yes, really) could be the key to the night-long kip of our dreams, they say. Looking at the time when you’ve woken up late at night can make you anxious, which spells bad news for your attempts at getting back to sleep. My sleep hacks include removing clocks, making the room pitch black, cooling the environment, and taking the phone out of the bedroom.” We all know that scrolling through TikTok at 4 am isn’t conducive to a peaceful return to sleep, thanks to the brightness of your phone’s light. But it turns out that some sleep experts recommend an extra step for frequent middle-of-the-night risers like myself. After all, even saying things like “I always wake up at 3 am and can never get back to sleep” means you may be more likely to follow that pattern when you notice the time. It’s helped me sleep a lot.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024