| October 15, 2016 | | |  | | | | | | Get out of bed if you have "busy brain" | | "Some people are so focused on sleep that it impairs their ability to get it – a type of performance anxiety with sleep," says Dr. Maureen Ceresney, co-director of the UBC Sleep Disorders Program. "If you're lying there at 2 a.m. calculating the number of hours left, it can be really stressful. Sleep is a passive process. There's a reason we call it 'falling asleep' – you have to be able to let go." If 20 minutes pass and you're still tossing and turning, leave the bedroom and go to a dark, quiet room. Your brain wants to sleep, but your mind just won't let it, so the trick is to distract it. "Do something that allows your mind to calm down, whether it's reading a book, listening to music or trying a deep-breathing exercise," says Dr. Ceresney. Read more: | | | | FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS | | | SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS | | | | |  | | | |  |           | If you would like to subscribe to our other newsletters, please click here.
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