Sleep anxiety- a huge cause for our mental and health issues. Sleep anxiety is such a thing that can't be self-driven. It's hard to understand what causes sleep anxiety or making it hard to fall asleep. But yeah, there are some common causes. But triggering out those reasons and dealing with them is tough enough.
The more our mind races to find the reasons, the more we make it hard for us to fall asleep. Later, we started to worry about how late it's going and how tired we will feel the next day. People who have sleep anxiety can relate to this situation easily. Rather thinking about random worries, predictions, fears which pops on our mind automatically, we can practice something from off the line.
Concentration is necessary during sleep. Binding our mind to not think anything else but only about sleep. This concentration can be earned through 'Breathing practice'.
Breathing is a general form in meditation and the same can be used to help us fall asleep. Breathing helps to calm down our mind and body. And the best part is, it's easy to do. You can do this on the bed, just before sleeping.
Also, binaural beats is a proven technique which helps us to calm our mind and sleep fast. There are many free beats apps which can help a lot.
Side by side, practicing a healthy lifestyle, exercising, getting rid of bad habits everything helps a lot to get over sleep anxiety. But those two that I have discussed will help anyone to fall asleep real quick. And not only practicing those techniques can help to fall asleep, but they are also good to enhance concentration, calming our mind and body and enhance our focus.
It may sound very normal and may not sound very helpful. I also used to think the same. But giving it a try will change your mind!