A sleep doctor answers your questions about tips for falling asleep

Sleep troubles come in all shapes and sizes -- from issues falling asleep, to waking up in the middle of the night, to how to maximize one's deep sleep. Join sleep expert Dr. Michael Breus as he answers burning sleep questions from the community!
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0:00 Ask the Sleep Doctor
0:35 Staying asleep throughout the night
2:07 What to do when I wake up too early
3:15 Tips for insomnia
😴 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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[@youtubecommentergal4346]

Dr Breuss: Maybe you can wake up at 7 or 7:30 because it sounds like that's what your body wants."
The inner wolf in me: That's too early!😂

[@robertcroce343]

Dr Breuss, I am a 75 yr old male and like many often have a hard time falling & staying asleep.Being a guy, with BPH, I have to get up to pee 2 to 3 times.
also, I have had some trauma in my life and some of my dreams go back to those events. PTSD?

[@theMyCsPiTTa]

Jennifer's question is not about the difference between waking up 1 vs 2 hours early though - she's waking up in the middle of the night, 4 hours before she needs to get up. So, I figured her question is more about the advice we often hear; not to stay in bed awake longer than 20 min (as it associates bed with sleep fear) and get up and do something before trying to return 15 mins later. To me, that advice has always sounded laughable. 20 mins lying awake is nothing, so I would be up and down all night. I've actually tried it for a few days and sure enough, after 3 or 4 up and down cycles it was morning and I had to get up, without ever actually falling back to sleep. I obviously gave up this advice after those couple of days.

[@dunavind]

Is it ok to be within 30 to 45 min's of your wake up time? I usually go to bed at 11pm and get up around 8-830am as I wake up 2 to 3 times a night so this schedule gets me about 6 hours of sleep a night.

[@China-pz2zp]

He doesn't respond to RUclips comments, but yes, generally it is fine eto be awakee within 30 to 45 minutes of your wake up time. But the more consistent you are, the better. Cheers!