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your Hot Water bottle is all warmed up, not have You not looked at your phone for The Past hour, that You have just counted in the sleep come to their 600 Sheep - Backwards - and yet,. The sounds familiar?

Since the coronavirus lockdown, the hashtag "not" been able to sleep trending, with stories of people fighting to have their heads down for The Night .

One of Those People is Laura Coppell.

"Before the lockdown, I would sleep like a log. But now it is The Opposite ," the 26-year-old tells Newsbeat.

If You are, here's how You can reverse this trend.

1. Routine

Laura says your daily pattern went out The Window .

"Usually it is to Get Up early to go to The Gym , go to work, then The Gym , and sleep," she says. But she's been furloughed - - what is the meaning of life the same structure as before has not.

Laura said nothing in your life "in the stone

Routine is set to" sleep is The Most important factor in getting good, says Professor Kevin Morgan . He is a psychologist from Loughborough University who is already running, sleep studies for years.

With the lockdown caused a "rupture" in our routines, as Kevin says, it is not surprising people find it difficult.

"Routine is The Guardian of good sleep. It protects our sleep," he says.

Even if your life has changed recently, Kevin recommends the preservation of their old sleep patterns if You want a Good Night 's kip.

"get them in your normal time, and go to bed at the normal time, but tempting as it might be to do something else. "

And these extra NAP, some of us are now? We have Bad News . "You have to save your drowsiness, for before sleeping. Treat sleep as a precious resource and not wasting it on a short daytime NAP. "

2. The light of day

We can't go outside as much as we used to be, this is Bad News for our sleep, because the go can be a little light of day a long way.

Our eyes need exposure to outdoor light, because of a hormone in Our Body called Melatonin - it regulates our sleep and waking patterns.

"It is the only way to know The Body , whether it is light or dark. "

If we stay inside, it means there is a lack of exposure to proper light reduces the Melatonin level.

You need to stay 2 meters away from the people in the exercise in the open air

Kevin, beats out your daily exercise, or else they Will make sure that it allows taking advantage of the hours a day You 're outside of the building.

"And even if it is Sunny, take sunglasses, You get The Sun in their eyes," says Kevin. "This Will increase your sleep quality and your mood. "

in order To (hopefully) improve the results even more? You go outside at the same time every day so it becomes part of your daily routine.

3. 'Parking stress'

It is normal to have worries and stress in a time like this - Laura says, her stress and anxiety levels increased since the lockdown.

"There's so much Uncertainty - we have never been in this situation. It goes Back To normal? Or is this the new normal? It is the unknown, the stress and fear caused me. "

Kevin says, "we all have concerns about whether our families, our health or our jobs. It is hard, Locked Up to be in your own home, without has reminded, we are in serious times".

But while it is OK to worry, Prof Kevin says we should try not to take these worries to bed.

"Say, You have done everything You can for this day and there is Nothing More to do. Then it's Back To pick up The Next day, after a good sleep in The Night . "

If You need help dealing with stress,

4. Think of your space

If You work from home and lucky to have options about where in The House You are working, avoid your Bedroom - your mind associates it with that it is time to sleep.

"don't go near The Bed . Don't sit on it or lie on it Until You really need to go and sleep. "

If it is inevitable, Kevin, proposing to change how The Bed looks.

"Throw You to change a lid on top and its appearance so that You can continue to only associate it with sleep.

"Ultimately it's about trying to trick your mind that things are normal. "

5. Alcohol.

You have a bit more time for TV and movies nowadays, the activities it might be tempting to have a drink. But Kevin says that, while alcohol can help us sleep more quickly, it is good in the long run.

"It Will ultimately only damage the structure and the quality of our sleep. "

Kevin suggests, if You are going to drink, You should do it, "at the same time, as You would normally, and drink the same amount that You would normally do".

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Source of news: bbc.com