What to do when you can't sleep Flashcards
insomnia
the condition of not being able to sleep.
Well, I didn’t sleep well last night. I was tossing and turning all night, but I couldn’t get to sleep. Well, that’s a coincidence, as our topic today is insomnia - the condition some people suffer from when they find it difficult to get to sleep when they go to bed.
tossing and turning
moving around a lot in bed and trying to get to sleep without success.
Well, I didn’t sleep well last night. I was tossing and turning all night, but I couldn’t get to sleep.
counter-intuitive
the opposite of what seems obvious or natural, but which may be correct.
And it sounds counter-intuitive, but trust me I’ve got decades of data behind this statement: If you cannot sleep, get out of bed.
his advice is counter-intuitive.
decades
(here) many years.
A decade is a period of 10 years and when we say decades,it’s a general term for many years, at least 20.
And it sounds counter-intuitive, but trust me I’ve got decades of data behind this statement: If you cannot sleep, get out of bed.
diluted
made weaker.
When you dilute something, you make it weaker. For example, you can dilute the strength of a strong fruit juice by adding water to it.
When you’re in bed and you’re not asleep and you do that over, and over, and over again for extended periods of time, the ability of the bed to put you to sleep starts getting diluted.
chronic
long-lasting (of a medical condition).
This is probably one of the most effective ways to prevent chronic insomnia. It’s also one of the really effective ways to treat it. It won’t work 100% of the time, but it will actually work more than most people think.
And finally there was the adjective chronic. This is an expression for a medical condition that is long-lasting. So someone who has chronic insomnia regularly has difficulty getting enough sleep. It’s not just something that happens now and again.
