How to Avoid Early-Morning Insomnia

Insomnia, specifically waking up early and not being able to fall back to sleep, can ruin someone's day before it even begins. WSJ's Andrea Petersen and Lunch Break's Tanya Rivero discuss symptoms and tips from experts to overcome it. Photo: Zohar Lazar

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[Yunaofficial]

I just love how it's usually 'yeah it happens to people over 60' and the whole comment section is either in their teens or nowhere near 60 whatsoever

[CrimsonCreationAGM]

*falls asleep*
*wakes up 30 seconds later*
Brain: ok thats all the sleep your getting

[cadencollier]

Doesn’t matter if I go to bed at 10pm or 2am, I always wake up at 4am and it’s so aggravating.

[Chavanun]

I always wake up at 6 am even if I sleep at 10pm or 1am. It makes me so mad. I want to wake up at 9

[mrsandlerthegreat]

I thought I was the only young person who had this, after looking at the comments at least I now know Im not alone

[Autumn-rtjg]

The worse part is, that I go to my mom for help, and all she says is "then stop waking up at 4am".... wow why didn't I think of that

[preservethes]

Watching this at 5am on a Monday morning after awakening at 3. I've been dealing with this for a year now and it's getting old.

[hecat]

Me who's watching this at 4:30 Am

[Hazza]

It cant be depression. I'm in my 30s and am always waking up and 5-6am when I want to wake up at 7:30am. In my university days (in my 20s) when I would be stressed out with exams, assignments and full-time job I would go to bed 3am on a Saturday and wake up at about 11am uninterrupted. These days no matter what time I go to bed I am always waking up at 5-6am and I honestly have 0 stress or anxiety and I feel the happiest I have ever been. I have no problems falling asleep either. These "experts" never have anything relatable that could be the cause in my particular scenario.

[Dnttashme]

I blamed myself cuz I thought maybe I was just going to be earlier
But even if I sleep at 2 am I still wake up at 7am or something ugh

[victoriahoang]

Bruh. I don’t think i’m depressed at all. I’m 13 soon 14, and I’m in perfect mindset but still wake up early😫

[evie]

girl i’ve had 3 hours of sleep and i can’t go back so just hurry up and tell me 😃

[lydelgabucan]

They always say that to treat insomnia, you must have to sleep and wake up at the same time which is really ironic to me because I can't even feel sleepy during the night or day and even though I finally falls asleep, my stupid brain will wake up a few minutes after

[spOked]

Not me being 15 and watching this 25mins after waking up at 4:30am and not being able to get back to sleep 🥲🔫

[chefboyarleezy]

I go to bed at 10:30-11 and I keep waking up at 1-1:30 and I can’t go back to bed. I usually take a evening early nap around 2:30 ugh this is pissing me off because I like waking up at 5 am

[scar]

I sleep at 9pm to 10pm and i end up always waking up right around 3am like 3 days STRAIGHT

[nanaa]

this is the nth day jn a row that i wake up around 5 am! its so frustrating and im literally 15, im so sleepy. currently writing this at 5:43 am after trying to sleep for 30 minutes.

[icantthinkofaname]

I'm 12 and I've had this for 5 years this doesn't help me I need help please

[sjsiemka]

Yesterday was full moon, and I was so sleepy at 9:30 PM, and I felt asleep keeping TV on (with sleep timer) just cause it felt weird turning it off so early, also now I always sleep with some "White Noise", so I turned that on, and went to bed. Next thing you know, I just woke up @ like 5 AM.

[coffeecat]

I’ve had insomnia quite literally since I was an infant. I used to be awakened at all hours for the night because I was premature and they had to check oxygen levels, it never got any better.