Category: Sleep Obstacles

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Has this ever happened to you? You’re so exhausted by the end of the day, you can barely keep your eyes open. All you can think about is falling face-first into your soft bed. You’re on your way there and then you get a shock that’s so horrifying you go into full blown fight-or-flight mode. You fear for your own safety and that of your loved ones. Your heart pounds, your legs go weak, your hands tremble. Sleep is the absolute last thing on your mind now, and with the adrenaline coursing through your body, it’ll be quite awhile before …

Is Fear Keeping You Awake? Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Sleep Obstacles

Sometimes you just can’t sleep. Genuinely, honest to goodness, flat out cannot sleep. All the hints, tips, tricks and special techniques are useless in these moments. It’s simply no good. You’ve stopped eating at 7:00 pm, turned the TV and devices off early, adjusted the thermostat a degree or two cooler, taken a relaxing bath or shower, sprayed lavender scent on your pillows, started a soothing nature audio on your sound machine, put on your comfy cotton jammies and your sleeping mask and climbed into bed… …and still you lie there awake for unending minutes, hours, days, weeks, years. Okay, …

When You Just Can’t Sleep…Go with It. Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Sleep Obstacles

I remember growing up my mom telling me to be careful with my back. Of course, I thought I was invincible. I was young, strong, flexible, and nothing hurt. I could lie on the floor on my stomach for hours, reading, talking on the phone, or watching TV. No problem, no pain. I could fall asleep in any position and wake up feeling fine. Ah, youth. Mom sometimes suffered from back pain, and when she saw me lifting something heavy or heaving stuff around as kids will do…at least, I did…she worried I would hurt myself right then, or that …

Sleeping on Your Back Pain Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Sleep Obstacles

We hear a lot about all the different things competing for our time when we “should” be sleeping. Heck, we spend a fair amount of time talking about it here at Sleep Satisfaction. One of the main culprits for most of us is screen time. Everything from social media to surfing the web to watching videos, programs, movies – or whatever – on our various screens. Since screen time seems to be one of sleep’s greatest competitors, perhaps it shouldn’t be much of a surprise, then, to hear that Netflix’s CEO, Reed Hastings, believes that sleep is his company’s greatest …

Bitter Enemies? Netflix vs. Sleep Read more »

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