What can not be done if you woke up in the middle of the night. Advice from a specialist from sleep

Deep night you suddenly open your eyes and wake up. The body still wants to sleep, but it is not so easy. Familiar situation? Try these guidelines:

do not climb the toilet

of course, if the natural need is too big, you will not do anything here, you need to go. But to go to the toilet, “once I don't sleep anyway” – it's a big mistake and a virtually complete guarantee that it will not be easy to fall asleep again.

Even just sit on the bed is already threatened by the fact that your heart rate will increase, compared to what was sleeping (about 60 beats per minute). When you climb and go to another room, the rhythm becomes even more often, explains a specialist in sleep, Dr. Michael Breus. So it is not easy for you to fall asleep again. Do not look at the clock, do not check the phone – actions that modern person makes instinctively, barely open his eyes. From irrational fear not to get enough hours of sleep. Therefore, waking up in the middle of the night, they begin to calculate the time left to the alarm clock – and as a result they cannot fall asleep at all. the other side, turn off the thoughts – and break again in a dream until the morning.