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I am so tired of being exhausted all day and waiting to go to bed, and them just laying there for hours without the ability to drift off to sleep. Knowing I will be miserable the next day, I resort to sleeping pills, which will help me finally go to sleep, but do not leave me feeling rested and ready to face the day when I finally wake up. What do I need to do to be able to lay down and fall asleep?
Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is, we cannot control our sleep. We cannot simply tell ourselves to fall asleep and there is no secret ‘sleep switch’ we can flick to put us to sleep. As soon as we try to sleep, we make it harder to sleep. That’s because the simple act of trying activates the mind, and the brain will keep checking to see if we have met our goal of falling asleep. By giving our mind this task, we are making it almost impossible to sleep!
With that being said, we can take steps to increase the likelihood of sleep. Techniques such as not spending too much time in bed, and getting out of bed when you can’t sleep will help — but they take a lot of practice (and commitment).
If you want to get off the sleeping pills, you may want to look into CBT-I.
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