Sleeping problems have become common for people nowadays, which inflicts a negative impact on one’s daily life over time. So how can you get a good night’s sleep?
These methods might help you sleep well
1. Raise your hands and count your heartbeats
Those people who are prone to depression may raise their hands and count breaths and heartbeats. Doing this might help you fall asleep. People who are depressed or restrained tend to frequently drop their hands. Traditional Chinese physicians hold that this habit will make the body’s energy become stagnant and put you in a low mood. These people frequently have tender spots in the armpits that feel sore when touched.
Many people cannot stand raising their hands when they try to sleep. In a short while, their hands grow numb. The sooner the hands grow numb, the more serious the problem is. It means it is difficult for the blood supply to reach the end of the fingers. Many people will experience soreness in the shoulders, numbness or coldness in the hands, etc. These phenomena might improve when you get used to this exercise.
2. Turn off electric appliances before sleep
Many people place a TV set in the bedroom and watch TV until they feel tired. However, the messages and images brought by TV shows will have an impact on your emotional state and disturb your sleep.
Compared with watching TV, listening to music is better, but you should be selective of the contents of the programs. Music programs or programs appealing to knowledge are appropriate, because they make your mind feel relaxed and calm. In addition, if you are woken up by a cell phone or a telephone call during sleep, it would be difficult to fall asleep again. Turning off your cell phone and the TV is recommended to keep the bedroom quiet.
3. A small bedroom helps to soothe your nerves
The layout of the bedroom is important for good sleep. What is the best design of the bedroom to provide a good environment for sleeping?
A small bedroom is preferred to a big one, as it can provide a feeling of safety and comfort, which makes it easier to fall asleep. If the bedroom is really large, you might use screens to form a smaller space, which might help improve sleep. Other things to be noted are as follows:
- Keep good circulation of the air in the room.
- Do not use the bedroom to store unnecessary furniture.
- Do not place furniture around the windows and block the light.
4. Wake up without an alarm clock
Being woken up from sleep by a clock might be harmful to your mind over time. But how can you wake up without one? You may try to communicate with your inner self with the determination that: “I want to get up at a specific time tomorrow morning.” In the beginning, it might not work, but gradually, the model of self-communication will be set up and one will naturally wake up at the expected time. This is a natural state of the human body, and once this inner nature is recovered, you might feel good after waking up.
5. Do not put plants in the bedroom
During the day, plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen as part of the process of photosynthesis. Plants continually undergo cellular respiration as well, through which they take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Thanks to photosynthesis, the amounts of oxygen consumed and carbon dioxide released throughout the day are negligible, but at night, when the sun isn’t shining, plants will continue to “inhale” oxygen and “exhale” carbon dioxide like human beings, so they will fight with people for the oxygen in the room. In addition, watering plants in the bedroom will increase the humidity and decrease the quality of your sleep.
Translated by Audrey Wang
