This is part two of a series on how to sleep better. In my last post, I discussed how many people who complain of poor sleep are, in fact, already better sleepers than they think. I discussed how this was important to understand for two reasons: 1) because insomnia is often a self-perpetuating anxiety issue (we don’t sleep well and then start to stress about not sleeping well, which leads to not sleeping well, which leads to more stress about not sleeping well, and so on), and 2) because research indicates that just thinking you are a poor sleeper can in and of itself lead to feeling more tired and less focused during the day. I also promised that I would soon start giving some tips on how to actually sleep better. And I will. In a coming series of blog posts. But first, I really need to hit this point about anxiety a little bit more. Because, until you learn to stop stressing about your poor sleep, it’s going to be much harder to overcome your poor sleep.
