Manage stress before going to bed

While stress is the body’s natural response to protecting itself, chronic stress or anxiety can have many long-term effects, including poor sleep or even sleepless nights. You may have trouble sleeping if you worry about certain things.

To keep your worries from keeping you up at night, try these suggestions:

• Before going to bed, write down your worries to help you get them out of your head.
• You should also note if your to-do list makes you nervous. Sort out your tasks for the rest of the week and tomorrow, then try to unwind.
• According to research, using a weighted blanket may help with anxiety and insomnia and may have advantages similar to those of deep pressure therapy.
• For mind-calming before bed, try meditation.
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