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You may fall asleep with relative ease, but what happens if you’re waking up in the middle of the night, hours before your alarm is scheduled to go off, and you’re unable to fall back asleep?To make matters worse, by the time you’re able to doze off again, you start to hear that familiar alarm buzzing in your ear, telling you that, once again, you failed to get a good night of restful sleep.While it’s normal to wake up a time or two throughout the night, most people are able to easily fall back asleep. For those of us who can’t stay asleep, there could be a number of issues causing this challenge.
you can be experiencing a stressor, which can cause you to lose sleep, or you could be experiencing a medical condition called insomnia, which makes it hard to fall and stay asleep. If this is a recurring thing, you should seek professional consultation
There are many reasons this could happen. First and foremost, I would recommend going to the doctor and speaking with them about this. They may recommend that you participate in a sleep study, which will help them better understand what could be causing you to wake up so frequently, and whether it's something physical or emotional that is troubling you.
Waking up every hour on the hour could be different causes. It could be stress, insomnia or simply needing to go the bathroom.
I'm not sure! Sleep can be interrupted for any number of reasons. Practising good sleep hygiene can help - things like having a regular routine before bed, coming off technology an hour before sleep, minimising lights or noises in your bedroom and keeping the room a comfortable temperature can help. A sleep talk-down meditation can also help you relax into a deeper stage of sleep (plenty on you tube). If things don't improve check in with your doctor for more help from a specialist.
You maybe too worried about an event you’re going to experience or you might not be comfortable enough make sure to make your bed the most comfortable place
Restlessness. Racing thoughts. The feeling of undone buisness. Someone on the mind. Anxiety. Many things can keep us awake at night.
Anonymous
September 5th, 2018 8:37pm
You may be suffering from insomnia. I have the aame thing and i know how annoying it is. Try using relaxing essential oils or take melatonin. If you don't know what melatonin is it is a natural sleep aid and it helps me sometimes. There is also a lavender essential oil spray. You spray it on your pillow before bed and it is supposes to hepp you sleep better and fall asleep faster. If nothing else works maybe you should discuss this with a doctor and maybe they can do a sleep study to see what's going on with you or they may give you a prescription or advice.
It sounds like a sleeping disorder to me. It's not good for your mental health to not get enough sleep. I recommend speaking to your doctor.
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