[Speoples]

My main problem is that after finally getting to sleep, I wake up every two hours and then struggle falling back to sleep.

[Jonathan618]

Are you waking for water because you are thirsty or because of bad dreams? What is the reason you wake?

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum! Waking during the night is actually quite normal — it’s usually our reaction to these awakenings that determine how easy or difficult it will be to fall back to sleep.

When you wake during the night, why do you think you find it hard to fall back to sleep?

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[Speoples]

Not sure why I wake up, but it’s pretty much the very same times every night. I never wake up for a drink, and when I wake up, I just try to be very still and go back to sleep. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

[Martin Reed]

At the current time, when do you go to bed at night, when do you get out of bed to start your day, and how roughly many hours of sleep do you get on a typical night?

Are you checking the clock when you wake during the night? What is going through your mind when you wake during the night and are finding it hard to fall back to sleep? Are you feeling worried, frustrated, or anxious?

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[Speoples]

I go to bed about 11 each night and get up around 7. I probably average around 5 hours of sleep. I have turned all the clocks around and try not to check the time. When I wake up, I just lay very still and try to get back to sleep. I’m thinking about how badly I want to go back to sleep, so that is a stressful thing in itself.

[Martin Reed]

I think you’d find it very helpful to reduce the amount of time you allot for sleep. It sounds as though you are currently allotting around eight hours for sleep but you average around five hours of sleep. With this in mind, we can see that you’re virtually setting yourself up for three hours of wakefulness during the night.

You might want to try allotting something like five-and-a-half to six hours for sleep for a few weeks to see if that helps. Most people also find it helpful to get out of bed when they aren’t sleeping — this way you aren’t reinforcing the idea that the bed is a place for wakefulness.

I hope this helps!

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