MEDICARE PLANS FOR KENTUCKY Inside This Issue 1 The Family That Reads Together Grows Together 2 Half-Empty or Half-Full? You Decide. 3 Get Healthy While Spring-Cleaning! 3 Vegan Reuben 4 Fall Back to Sleep Faster
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AWAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? HOW TO FALL BACK ASLEEP
There’s a popular myth that the older we get, the less sleep we
don’t go right back to dreamland, worrying about the upcoming day or blaming yourself won’t help. Use the bathroom, get a drink of water, or kick off a blanket if you need to, but otherwise, stay in bed and focus on sleep. And whatever you do, don’t stare at the clock. Focus on relaxation. After you’ve avoided getting worked up, it’s time to seek out full-on serenity. If you meditate, now is the perfect time to do so. Otherwise, you can use more rudimentary relaxation techniques. Start with deep breathing, inhaling slowly through the nose and
exhaling through the mouth. As you do, relax all of the other muscles in your body one by one, starting from your toes and heading up. Sleepiness will likely return soon. Take your mind off sleep. We’ve told you not to watch the clock, but we’re pretty good at estimating how much time has passed in our heads. If you’ve been trying to sleep for more than 20 minutes with no signs of success, it’s time to get out of bed and do something else. Avoid screens, loud noises, or bright lights; instead,
need. That’s unfortunately not true, but you’ve probably noticed that people generally have more difficulty sleeping as they age. Specifically, many of us struggle with waking up in the middle of the night and being unable to fall back asleep. So what do you do when it’s hours until daylight, but you’re wide awake? Stay calm. If you wake up in the middle of the night, don’t panic. You may be able to fall back asleep quickly, but not if you’re anxious about the fact that you’re awake. Even if you
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