Tips for a good night's sleep if you are highly sensitive (HSP)

Do you lie awake at night worrying? Do you experience stress and tension in your body? Perhaps you receive so many stimuli during the day and are so active in the evening that you can't relax and fall asleep. Or maybe you sleep so lightly that you often wake up quickly during the night. Try to identify the cause of your sleep problems. This will enable you to work towards a solution.

When you are highly sensitive, you know that your environment is very important. Is your bedroom an inviting place to sleep? Does it have a pleasant atmosphere, is it clean and tidy? It is important that your bedroom is sufficiently dark so that you experience fewer stimuli and the production of the natural sleep hormone melatonin is not disturbed. Critically assess the amount of light entering the bedroom and adjust it if necessary with blackout curtains or a sleep mask. In addition, it is important that there is good ventilation, sufficient fresh air, and a comfortable temperature.

For some highly sensitive individuals, it can help to minimize the presence of radiation and electrical devices in your bedroom. These can affect your energy field and sleep. Take an objective look at your bedroom and create your own oasis of calm.

Meditation is an excellent way to cope with your high sensitivity. It reduces stress, tension, and worrying, and helps you let go of thoughts and feelings. Through meditation, you strengthen yourself, especially if you are highly sensitive. There are various sleep meditations available, also specifically for HSPs with sleep problems. Always discuss these first with your doctor.

Naturally, our body is most active in the morning. The hormones and substances that make us active are higher in the morning than in the evening. Plan your day so that you are most active in the morning and consciously become less physically and mentally active from a certain time. Therefore, avoid busy household tasks, working behind a screen, extensive texting, or being active on social media right before bedtime. Exercising in the evening can also disrupt your sleep rhythm.

You should aim for a wind-down period in the evening. For example, read a good book, take a long shower or bath, and take care of your body. Set aside real time for yourself!

Highly sensitive individuals respond very positively to rhythm and structure. Try to maintain a consistent rhythm in the evening: go to bed at the same times and perform the same activities before sleeping. This way, you stimulate your body to produce sleep hormones.

It is important to continue to trust in your body's ability to recover. We understand that this is difficult if you have been struggling with sleep problems for a long time, but know that your body wants nothing more than for you to sleep well, so that you can recover at night and rest properly. If the tips don't work immediately, don't give up too quickly. Your body needs time to develop a healthy sleep rhythm again.

A weighted blanket can be a useful tool for highly sensitive individuals who have trouble sleeping. It can reduce stress and have a positive effect on the emotions you experience. Because HSPs are more sensitive to stress and anxiety, they may benefit from a weighted blanket.

A weighted blanket weighs about 10-15% of your body weight and therefore has a light pressing effect on your body. This can provide a sense of security and safety while sleeping. In science, this is called deep pressure stimulation.

Deep pressure stimulation was originally developed to help people who suffered from overstimulation to calm down. Overstimulation can occur with high sensitivity, but also with other conditions such as ADHD, autism, traumas and various other causes.

Even children who are highly sensitive can use a weighted blanket to sleep better. Check out our weighted blankets for children.

Deep pressure stimulation has a positive effect on the stress hormone cortisol and can enhance the happiness hormone serotonin and the sleep hormone melatonin.

Serotonin has a positive effect on your mood, emotions, and sleep. Melatonin is produced when you go to sleep. HSPs who have trouble sleeping may benefit from using a weighted blanket to stimulate the production of these two types of hormones.

As a highly sensitive person, you are more sensitive to sensory overload. The calming effect of a weighted blanket can lead to more relaxation during sleep. Therefore, a weighted blanket can be useful for HSPs not only for nighttime rest but also for relaxing in the evening.

We hope that after reading this article you have become wiser about sleep problems related to high sensitivity and how a weighted blanket can provide a solution. With us, you can always try the weighted blanket for thirty days; if you don't like it, you can return it free of charge.