codeine1337 said:
Aquarius said:
How many hours do you sleep at night?
7-8 sometimes 9
In addition to other suggestions from the others, I have some factual tips to improve your sleep quality. The more you can apply based on your circumstances, the better.
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Go to bed earlier. Going to bed earlier will slowly repair your pineal gland and your circadian rhythm. The majority of humanity, in fact, is not suited to going to sleep at the times the majority does nowadays. Going to bed late results in decreased sleep quality and disrupted sleep patterns, which carry several consequences most people nowadays don't seem to be aware of.
The latest one should go to sleep is 10pm. Anything between 8:30 and 10pm is ideal. A minority is naturally suited to go to bed later, at 11pm. Again, that's a minority and later than that your pineal gland, which produces the sleep hormone, will malfunction and so will your adrenal glands, which are also responsible for regulating your sleep pattern (they produce cortisol, which wakes you up and keeps you awake).
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Drinking. Drinking water or any kind should be stopped about 90 minutes before bed and don't drink anything during the night. This will make sure you can pee last before bed and you're not woken up by your bladder during the night and your water metabolism otherwise doesn't detract from your sleep quality. Try to get all your water needs within the rest of day. A male adult usually needs within 3-4 litres of water a day. There's a formula for calculating that.
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Eating. No food should be consumed within 3 hours of going to bed, especially food that is heavy in quality and difficult to digest. This will also improve your digestion, making sure your food is properly digested and assimilated. Your liver will also thank you, as it will be able to perform its nightly function of detoxifying the body rather than focusing on digesting. If you are ever awake at night for night shifts or similar, eating is a bad idea as your body has its biological clock for certain processes to happen and disrupting out of whims and lower urges causes imbalances and issues in the long run.
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Blue light. After sunset, all sources of light should have blue light filtered as that again affects your body negatively and decreases your quality of sleep. In nature, you never find blue light waves at night because it's just not natural and they keep your body awake, signalling it to produce cortisol and other day hormones. You can get light bulbs that produce adequate night light with adequate levels of light. You don't need lighting at night to be as bright as it is during the day. Electronics can be equipped with blue light filters and other sleep-promoting enhancements.
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Electronics. Any use of electronics should be stopped at least 1 hour before bedtime. This is to allow your brain to properly wind down, which cannot be done when it has to focus on social media, video games or any activity of this kind. Relaxing activities like reading a book (not a PDF or kindle) and nightly meditations can be done. Fiction books are best for this, as they don't require your logical brain to engage, allowing you to relax.
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Stimulation. When you're sleeping, turn off all sources of stimulation. Put your blinds down. Wear ear plugs if there is noise around. Even go as far as getting a eye mask if needed. Turn notifications off on your phone. Even better, put do not disturb mode on or turn the phone off completely. We don't need notifications anyway. Notifications create the illusion of things being urgent but there is nothing urgent about social media. Work stuff? Sure, keep notifications on for those work things during working hours, then turn them off. The rest doesn't need immediate attention in 99.9% of the cases. So you don't need notifications on. You can set aside time during the day when you open your email or messages and so on. Reclaim time back for yourself and for what really matters in life, which is not any phone apps.
The more of this tips you can apply, the better your sleep quality will be. Of course, sleep quality can be affected by other factors such as stress and the likes. Witchcraft and meditation will help, alongside lifestyle changes.