Methods for Meeting Basic Needs: Sleep Are you sleeping enough?
If you are, you will be waking up in the morning feeling rested.
Eight hours per night is the average recommended amount, but
individuals vary in their needs. The amount of sleep you need
changes over your lifetime, as well; as you age, many people
find they need slightly less sleep. There are several reasons
you might not be sleeping enough: - You might be missing sleep
voluntarily, because you are not prioritizing it. If you are
staying out late, working, reading, or just watching television
past the hour you know you should be sleeping, you are
contributing to your own problem. If this is the case, see about
re-arranging your schedule so that you can be in bed with the
lights and the TV off at the appointed time. - If you can't get
to sleep easily, regularly wake up in the middle of the night,
or find yourself waking up too early, you might have insomnia.
There are a variety of things you can do to address insomnia
that fall under the heading