7 reasons you keep waking up at night — and how to start sleeping through instead

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If you fall asleep fast but keep waking up at night, you’re not alone. Here, a sleep expert reveals why it happens and how to sleep through instead.

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[John_U]

Having an orgasm is probably the best way to get to sleep or go back to sleep in the middle of the night. It is completely natural, has no bad side effects like the oft prescribed sleeping "aids", and it costs nothing. It is beyond disgusting that the medical profession refuses to mention masturbation or solo sex as an important way to get to sleep. If you think that is something everyone should "just know", keep in mind that in our sex negative society, sex in general, and masturbation in particular, are considered immoral by at least half the US population. So it is incumbent on the medical profession to give people permission to have an orgasm to help them get to sleep. And, if it helps, watch a little porn to get in the mood. That's harmless, too.

I should also mention that there is research indicating that it is normal for at least some people to wake up for an hour or so in the middle of the night, do something, and go back to sleep. See for example:

"At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime" by A Roger Ekirch http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/jul/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview8

 

[madmaz]

Having an orgasm is probably the best way to get to sleep or go back to sleep in the middle of the night. It is completely natural, has no bad side effects like the oft prescribed sleeping "aids", and it costs nothing. It is beyond disgusting that the medical profession refuses to mention masturbation or solo sex as an important way to get to sleep. If you think that is something everyone should "just know", keep in mind that in our sex negative society, sex in general, and masturbation in particular, are considered immoral by at least half the US population. So it is incumbent on the medical profession to give people permission to have an orgasm to help them get to sleep. And, if it helps, watch a little porn to get in the mood. That's harmless, too.

I should also mention that there is research indicating that it is normal for at least some people to wake up for an hour or so in the middle of the night, do something, and go back to sleep. See for example:

"At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime" by A Roger Ekirch http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/jul/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview8

No I don't recommend porn before sleeping. It ramps up your active brain and highly charged images of fornication do not carry well into Dreamland.

Better do some light stretching , Google that, so many options to wind down to sleep.

 

[John_U]

No I don't recommend porn before sleeping. It ramps up your active brain and highly charged images of fornication do not carry well into Dreamland.

Better do some light stretching , Google that, so many options to wind down to sleep.

My personal experience is that sexual images I watch just before masturbation and then sleep don't "carry into dreamland" at all. Do you know of any peer reviewed studies that show that they do? I'm not impressed with the "just take a cold shower" advice from our collective sex negative culture. I'm impressed with so much common knowledge that people often sleep soundly right after sexual release. If you know of peer reviewed studies that confirm or reject this idea, I'd like to know about them.

 

[madmaz]

My personal experience is that sexual images I watch just before masturbation and then sleep don't "carry into dreamland" at all. Do you know of any peer reviewed studies that show that they do? I'm not impressed with the "just take a cold shower" advice from our collective sex negative culture. I'm impressed with so much common knowledge that people often sleep soundly right after sexual release. If you know of peer reviewed studies that confirm or reject this idea, I'd like to know about them.

No I'm referring to my own experience with porn images and masturbation as a remedy to easily fall asleep. The mental imagery excites me too much and the effort expended actually ramps my energy up instead of settling it.

What helps me is some gentle stretching on my bed especially my glutes, hams, lower back while breathing deeply. 10 minutes of this helps me relax more than masturbation. It's a personal preference. Hardly imagine any medical practitioner would study this vs. masturbation to relax at bedtime.