What prevents us from falling asleep
The cause of restless sleep can be anything: stress, hormonal changes, bad habits, neurological or mental illness, emotional stress, etc. Of course, these are serious reasons that should not be put on the back burner, but solved as soon as possible, if necessary, turning to specialists for help. But it happens that it is we who prevent ourselves from falling asleep, or rather, our daily habits or conditions of "living". The average person takes about 7 minutes to fall asleep. But sometimes 30 minutes is not enough to fall asleep. Why it happens? Shine. Light from lanterns and other sources outside the window, night light, glow of the TV screen, laptop, smartphone screen, backlit alarm clock. Any light source that disrupts natural darkness can "trick" our circadian rhythms, which means that the production of the sleep hormone melatonin is disrupted. "Heavy" microclimate. It is easier for our body to fall asleep in comfortable conditions: this is a low lev...