No more waking up at a fixed time, evenings watching series… For many French people, confinement is synonymous with disturbed sleep. Not to mention that many spend, once in bed, restless nights, anxious about illness, the fear of losing loved ones, or the difficulties posed by confinement on their professional activity. Here are a few tips.
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For Laura and her husband, who run a restaurant in Paris, the nights are very complicated. Accustomed to long working days, with shifted schedules, here they are at home, confined with their concerns related to the future of their business. "The stress of closing, cash flow, waiting at the banks ... We have a lot of trouble falling asleep. And when we don't wake up in the middle of the night, it's because we fall asleep around 3 or 4 am, "says Laura.
Get up at the same time every day
Keep your habits, sleep, but not too much either ... "The first message is to keep up the pace by getting up every day at the same time, and ideally to take the light when you get up, expose yourself to the window for example, so that your biological clock stays well set ", advises professor Pierre Philippe, who directs the sleep clinic of the CHU of Bordeaux.
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And that's not all. "You must also respect a reasonable bedtime schedule, avoiding screens before going to bed, as well as sources of information, which can increase anxiety." Because sleep hygiene is essential in order not to completely get out of synchronization from confinement.