I found no 3 pretty hard to implement, so instead I just decided to lie in bed and either enjoy just lying there in comfort and not worry too much about not sleeping, or listen to an audiobook. I told my brain that I will get some rest regardless, so I relaxed a lot. Before I used to worry that I won't get enough sleep and get very frustrated. I can see that the advice to get up works for people who can't help being frustrated but the actual act of getting up, getting into bed and not being able to sleep again, then getting up again just annoyed me.
After a few weeks I managed to teach myself to fall asleep faster when I wake up in the middle of the night.
Yes actually I did something similar - I tried to feel that feeling of "oh I wish I could just stay in bed" when waking up with an alarm in the morning, when waking up in the middle of the night. Like feeling grateful, happy, and cozy that I can just stay in bed at 3am and don't yet have to get up. And just read a book to get out of those 3am thought loops.
Hmm, I hadn’t heard #3 before but that makes sense! Will try it.
Thanks for the tips!
I found no 3 pretty hard to implement, so instead I just decided to lie in bed and either enjoy just lying there in comfort and not worry too much about not sleeping, or listen to an audiobook. I told my brain that I will get some rest regardless, so I relaxed a lot. Before I used to worry that I won't get enough sleep and get very frustrated. I can see that the advice to get up works for people who can't help being frustrated but the actual act of getting up, getting into bed and not being able to sleep again, then getting up again just annoyed me.
After a few weeks I managed to teach myself to fall asleep faster when I wake up in the middle of the night.
Yes actually I did something similar - I tried to feel that feeling of "oh I wish I could just stay in bed" when waking up with an alarm in the morning, when waking up in the middle of the night. Like feeling grateful, happy, and cozy that I can just stay in bed at 3am and don't yet have to get up. And just read a book to get out of those 3am thought loops.