How to recover from a bad night of sleep

Life Kit

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🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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If you've slept poorly, your instinct might be to sleep in or power through the day with extra cups of coffee. But those tactics may actually hurt your chances of getting back on track, say experts. Instead, set yourself up for success with these tips.

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0:31.4	Hey everybody, it's Mariel. So I'm going to be real honest. I was tossing and turning a lot last night.
0:38.0	I was having trouble falling asleep.
0:39.7	And I got into one of those spirals where I'm thinking, why is it taking me so long?
0:45.7	Like, I'm starting to stress out.
0:47.4	And then that makes it even harder to fall asleep.
0:49.8	Oh, I'm not getting good sleep.
0:50.9	Everyone says, you have to get good sleep.
0:52.2	What am I doing to myself?
0:53.1	What is happening to my brain? Oh my gosh, I'm worrying, I'm worrying, I'm worrying. All those things are
0:56.7	activating the sympathetic nervous system and that's incompatible with sleep. Get out of my head, man.
1:02.4	That's Dr. Ravi Isola, a pulmonary critical care doctor at UCLA and a sleep expert.
1:08.1	Now maybe like me, you're wondering how a bad night of sleep or multiple bad
1:11.8	nights of sleep are going to affect you in the long run. If this insomnia might be telling you
1:16.3	something about your health, or maybe you're just looking for permission to indulge a little bit
1:21.0	after a rough night. I'm afraid we're not going to be able to help you much there.
1:25.2	Fine, you started off not great, but let's still
1:27.5	make good choices. Let's still drink our water. Let's still eat in a healthy manner. Let's,
1:32.7	you know, maybe move our bodies around a little bit. Let's make sure we're ready for sleep tonight
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