Sleep Hygiene
Sleep hygiene involves behavioral and environmental factors that precede sleep and may interfere with sleep.
In other words, sleep hygiene is the practicing of good habits, often simple and sensible ones, that tend to promote better sleep. Sleeping difficulties and daytime sleepiness can be caused by poor sleep hygiene.
Below are some often overlooked sleep hygiene factors as well as specific ways to implement them.
- Darkness
The importance of having darkness when you sleep and how to achieve it.
- Consistent Noise
The importance of having no noise (or the right noise) when you sleep and how to achieve it.
- Exercise
The importance of both physical and mental exercise in regard to sleep and which exercises are best to battle insomnia.
- Temperature
The importance of having the right temperature when you sleep and how to achieve it.