When you want to cure panic attacks, one of the best things you can do is improve the quality of sleep you’re getting, and here are three good ways to achieve that.
***Method #1. No More Negative Thinking In The Bedroom***
A large percentage of all your worry takes place when you’re in bed, which is difficult to believe considering it’s probably the place where most people are at their most relaxed.
I’d feel confident guessing that worrying in bed bothers you most when you’re trying to fall asleep when you first get into bed, in the middle of the night if you wake up, and first thing in the morning before you get up.
To overcome these situations, you need to prevent as much of your “worrying in bed” time as you can. The simplest one to cure is the one where you’re lying in bed in the morning after you’ve awoken. All you need to do is get up as soon as you wake up!
I know this seems like an ultra simplistic solutuon, but you will be astounded how much worrying this cuts from your life.
Okay, now to stop those times when you worry in the middle of the night after waking up. I’ll admit, this one’s slightly tricky to solve, but there are solid methods you can use. Right away I should tell you that if you’re ever awake for more than a few minutes, get up right away. Staying in bed won’t solve anything, and will probably triple your anxiety.
Another great thing to do is to have a warm bath, or simply to splash your face with warm water. Or perhaps just wander around your home for a few minutes, possibly tidying a few things away. Then just go back to bed. This approach works because it recreates a totally natural way of going to bed.
By getting up when you’re awake, and going back to bed in this way after you’ve been doing something for a while, it’s far more like you’re going to bed for the first time. This is far more natural for your body, and you’re going to be able to get back to sleep much quicker than if you’d just stayed in bed the entire time.
Okay, now time for the second way to get the kind of sleep that cures panic attacks, and this one is about creating and sticking to a consistent routine.
By sticking to the same routines and times, you’re sleeping will improve, whatever the cause of your sleeping problems.
By simply going to bed at the same time each night and getting up at the same time each morning, your body’s internal clock will get back to normal. Many of your body’s functions, including the releasing of hormones, are affected by your wake/sleep cycle.
I bet you know that feeling that you’re utterly burnt out, right? Well, that is frequently a result of your adrenal glands being out of whack. One of the few ways to correct a problem like that is to get some good sleeping habits sorted out.
So do your best to go to bed each night at the same time, and get up each morning at the same time too. When you start out doing this, you may go through a couple of tough days while you get back into the correct routine, but it will be worth it. And also beware of sleeping in late on weekends, or days when you don’t have to be up early. All your hard work can be undone with a couple of late lie-ins!
Right, now the third and final way to get better sleep, and this one is all about stopping all stimulants in the lead up to bedtime.
In my own case, a lot of the problems I had with my sleep were due to what I was exposing myself to in the time leading up to bedtime. I confess that I often watched fast-paced TV, listened to loud music, and played action-packed video games right up until I turned my lights off. Obviously this is a bad idea.
So something you should try to do right now is to completely stop anything that stimulates you in the last hours before bed time. Make this a part of a new routine you adhere to before bed, where you try to slow things down.
Go out of your way to slow everything down for the last 60 minutes before heading off to bed. If you have a favourite bedtime drink, this is the time for it. If it’s hot outside, maybe drink it in the fresh air. If it’s cold outside, curl up and drink it inside. But the bottom line is, relax.
I know that what I’m saying here sounds like it’s too simple to work, but I can guarantee that this does work. And can you genuinely say that you give yourself quality time like this?
If you’re somebody who enjoy hot baths, then take one an hour before you go to bed. A warm bath always helps to ease your body into just the right state for deep and relaxed sleep. Incorporate this warm bath with the bedtime drink and use these new habits to build your own slow-down hour before bed, and see the wonders it can work on your sleep, and your panic attacks.
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