Sex In The City Causes Insomnia

Sex In The City Can Cause Insomnia

By Andy Cooper

It's a great show, but Sex In The City really can cause insomnia.

Ah, many's the man Samantha has sent into fever-pitched ecstasy, their pulses racing – and those are just the ones watching the show.

Samantha really grabs your attention, but that's not great if for hours afterwards you can't get her off your mind.

That's where the insomnia comes in.

OK, I've teased you enough. My point is that watching reruns of Sex In The City in the bedroom is a very bad idea. And it's not just Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda that are to blame. It goes for any movie or show.

Ladies, I'm sure George Clooney or Brad Pitt has the same effect.

The thing is, the bedroom is for sleeping, not doing something that will stimulate your brain (or at least prevent it from “powering down”) like watching TV.

It doesn't matter if it's a comedy or a tense drama, your mind will be engaged with the story unfolding on the screen and you'll find it hard to sleep once you do turn the TV off. You might also discover that – Holy Cow – it's 3 a.m. by the time that show ends.

Now I know a lot of people who have insomnia flick on the TV in the wee hours if they can't sleep. Others will put on the bedside lamp and read a book. Some prop themselves up in bed with the laptop and catch up on their email, or surf the Net. Still others do their accounting, flick through Vanity Fair or jot down a list of groceries they need to pick up.

Folks, this will make your insomnia worse!

If you are serious about tacking your fatigue and inability to sleep you need to clear TVs, radios, computers, cellphones, books, magazines and notebooks out of the bedroom and recondition your brain to regard this as a place you come to sleep. Period.

If you really can't sleep on the odd night, go to another room and read a book for a while. Just don't do it in the bedroom.

Remember the Golden Rule: The bedroom is for sleeping.

It might take a while, but once your mind is reconditioned to the idea that “this is the bedroom – it's time to sleep”, you will be have won an important battle in your personal struggle with insomnia.

As I point out in my comprehensive ebook approach to treating sleep problems - Banish Insomnia - we live in an overstimulated world in which our brains are assaulted by media, email, text messages, phone calls and a thousand and one other distractions. We need one place in the house from which these things are banned – the bedroom.

If your bedroom is an oasis of calm and tranquility the chances are you'll sleep better and awake refreshed.

Now all that said, I should allow Samantha the last word. She lives by a creed that “sex is good for you” – and she's right.

Good sex releases natures natural painkillers and “feel good” chemicals – endorphins. They've been likened to morphine and can last for hours after they're released. It's no accident that a great night's sleep can follow great sex.

So you want a good night's sleep? Replace Samantha with the real thing!