Coaching practices for I Climb Into Bed Exhausted but My Body Hasn't Gotten the Message My Jaw is Tight My Heart is Still Going and I Feel Switched on in a Way That Makes Lying Still Almost Impossible

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

  • I climb into bed exhausted but my body hasn’t gotten the message
  • I get into bed and my body is still humming
  • I lie down tired but my mind keeps spinning and my body stays switched-on, so I just stare at the ceiling
  • I’m lying in bed wired
  • I lie down to rest but my body stays revved

Practices that may help

  1. Use relaxation training before bed
    Practice a structured relaxation technique to lower physiological arousal before sleep.
    CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Made Practical
  2. Use PMR to wind down for sleep
    Run the sequence lying in bed to lower physical arousal and ease the transition to sleep.
    Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Made Practical
  3. Box breathing as a sleep-onset tool
    Use the equal-cadence pattern in bed to lower arousal and shorten the time to sleep.
    Box Breathing, Made Practical
  4. Physiological sigh for sleep-onset arousal
    Use two to three sighs in bed when racing thoughts or physical tension are blocking sleep.
    The Physiological Sigh, Made Practical
  5. Settle the body with slow breath and stillness
    Pair physical stillness with a slow, extended exhale to deepen the rest.
    Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
  6. Apply stimulus control to the sleep environment
    Use the bed only for sleep and sex — no other stimulation — so your body learns that bed means sleep.
    Stimulus Control, Made Practical
  7. Get out of bed when you can not sleep
    Leave the bed after roughly 20 minutes of wakefulness to avoid reinforcing the awake-in-bed association.
    Stimulus Control for Sleep
  8. Go to bed only when sleepy, not just tired
    Learn to distinguish genuine sleepiness from tiredness and wait for the former before going to bed.
    Stimulus Control for Sleep
  9. Progressive muscle relaxation to lower physical arousal
    Systematically tense and release muscle groups from feet to head to lower the physiological arousal that blocks sleep onset.
    The Wind-Down Routine: Engineering Your Path to Sleep
  10. Use the bed only for sleep (and sex)
    Reserve the bed strictly so the brain learns to associate it with sleepiness, not wakefulness.
    Stimulus Control for Sleep

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