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I had huge issues falling asleep. I was unable to fall asleep before 1am and had to get up at 6am. So Monday - Friday was a downward spiral of sleep debt and al

by Omnius 9y ago

I had huge issues falling asleep. I was unable to fall asleep before 1am and had to get up at 6am. So Monday - Friday was a downward spiral of sleep debt and all of stresses that come with that. I eliminated blue light (mostly) after 8:00 and it help slightly but within the margin of error. I then added 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation everyday at lunch. Nothing wooy just mindfulness. Within 2 weeks i was naturally getting tired around 10:00 and able to fall asleep in less than five minutes. Quit meditating (because its a pia to find the time, it shouldnt' be but it is) and sleep problems returned. I didn't even attribute my sleep improvement to the daily practice until i noticed my sleep was all messed up again. It works and its just 15 minutes. People's millage may very but it was life changing for me.

hvidgaard 9y ago
Good work, and pretty nice that something as seemingly simple as 15 minutes of mindfulness yielded great results. Are you fast paced in general? It is my experience that mindfulness enables the brain to put things away easier throughout the day, but it is really difficult the first week or so, because you actively have to let thoughts fly away.
- Omnius 9y ago
  I am. Before meditation i was never present my head was in a million different places. I could be having dinner with my family but really i was solving a coding problem, thinking about an interaction i had at work, recalling <horrible thing i did when i was 6). It was hard the first week i used the headspace app and started at 10 minutes a day, got up to 30 minutes using the app but could never keep up with a daily habit. 15 minutes seemed to be the magic number for me. It was long enough to help and short enough that i was able to incorporate it daily.