So many different things can affect how well you sleep:
- food
- exercise
- alcohol, smoking, other drugs
- prescription medication
- illness
- stress, anxiety, depression
- hormones or life changes
- too much screen time
Want to sleep better?
Talk to someone
Click here for support from Able Futures.
Click here to choose the support that's best for you, including Vivup. If the first one you try isn't right for you, try another.
Relaxation techniques
For details about the Zen room and how lavender essential oil could help you sleep, click here.
Some people find these breathing exercises helpful and our wellbeing sessions have helped others to get a good night's sleep. They're live every Wednesday, or click on the link to find out how to get them on demand.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as tapping, is a simple, quick, effective way to treat any physical, mental or behavioural issue - you'll feel results in less than ten minutes. It's similar to acupuncture, but without needles and you can do it yourself. It has helped Vietnam veterans with PTSD to sleep better and reduce their medication. Some people have also found it helps them to deal with chronic pain.
Here are links to some videos so you can try it yourself:
If you can't see what you want here, search the internet for EFT for (write what it is you want help with here) - there are lots of free videos on You Tube.
Click here for a 20 minute beginner's EFT lesson with Adel Houten, from Health Perks.
Do you have any top sleep tips you'd like to share? Send them into info@personasupport.org and we'll add them to the hub - you can tell us how your tip has helped you, or just share the resource with us. You can do this completely anonymously if you want.
