6 Reasons You Can't Sleep (And What To Do About It)

The inability to fall asleep or stay asleep at night could be due to a number of things, like stress, your environment, or even some lifestyle choices during the day. In fact, there are six surprising sources of insomnia you might not be aware of.

But the good news is if they ARE the source of your insomnia, there are some easy fixes available. A recent poll from the Gallup organization found that 57% of Americans would feel better if they got more sleep. And they ALSO found that 49% experienced frequent stress.

So the lack of sleep we’re seeing makes sense because I say all the time, stress is a sleep KILLER. So if you’re someone who is in this 49% of stressed out folks, it’s very possible that your stress is keeping you awake at night.

For more on some hidden sources of your insomnia, and what you can do about it, check out my video right here!

0:00 Surprising Causes of Insomnia
0:20 Cause #1
2:45 Cause #2
5:00 Cause #3
7:45 Cause #4
10:30 Cause #5
12:20 Cause #6
14:00 How to fix insomnia

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😴 Michael Breus, Ph.D., is a double board-certified clinical psychologist and sleep expert. He's been in practice since 1999 and helped thousands of patients improve their sleep. Dr. Breus has written five books on sleep and conducted over 1,000 interviews to the press and public.

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[JohnDM-oueh]

Reasons:
1. Stress
2. Bed confusion
3. Back pain
4. Menopause
5. Diet
6. Napping

Practice sleep hygiene
1. Keep your room dark and cool
2. Go to bed and get up at the same time each day
3. Keep the screens out of the bedroom
4. Get some exercise outside in the sunshine

[Far-vy]

Doctor I'm not stressed out at all i have been getting 2 hours of sleep a night
For the past two years i feel great not worried about anything just can't sleep

[TheElderCompass]

Very good tips, thank you! Wish you all good sleep!

[StrideOrDie]

I’ve started waking up (more of a jolt, tbh) between 3:30-4 every morning. Usually go to sleep around 9-9:30, sleep great until I wake up. I’ll just lay there and toss and turn (usually) until my alarm goes off at 5:30 UNLESS I move to the guest room bed and disconnect my brain with some useless iPad surfing. That always gets me back to sleep within 20 mins or so. I hate doing this but don’t know what else to do! My sleep hygiene is perfect. Would love to wake up in the same bed as my husband and dogs again. 😁

[MusicBoxPuppet]

Mr doctor i got a question, ive looked on google for answers but they only results on google i got were stuff that led to death, so i wanna ask....is sleeping in bad? can it cause health issues that can cause death??? and also i sleep sometimes for 7, to 8, or to even 9 or 10 hours and im still tired and i do take after-noon naps so...

[ronaldmcdonald]

Used to sleep perfect when having sex every night and now I can’t sleep cause I don’t have sex

[PaulineMak-iutv]

I think it is due to genetic factors that determine insomnia.