Bed Socks Aid Learning

Science has repeatedly shown that sleep aids learning and memory. And sleep or rather the lack of it is stressful in our day to day pace of life.

I often get asked if I know a cure for insomnia. The inability to fall asleep or after waking way too early to get back to sleep. Well the solution might be easier than you think.

Warm your feet.

Science has also shown it’s impossible to fall asleep if your feet are cold. This keeps some people tossing and turning until sleep comes. Usually when the feet are warm from this exercise. A quick trick to warm your feet is to wash them in cold water about 10 minutes before going to bed. Rub dry briskly with a towel and put on warm socks. The feet will quickly warm and when you hop under the covers with your warm feet sleep will arrive quickly.

What about waking up? Why can’t I fall back asleep?

Check if your feet are warm. If you did nocturnal wandering without putting on slippers to walk across the cold bathroom tiles you’ve chilled your feet and you cannot sleep because they are now cold. Also if you habitually throw the covers off your feet and they are in a draft they may be colder than you think. The simple solution could be to wear bed socks.

Warm your feet if you want a good nights sleep. And yes sleep does help if you’re struggling to learn something. So sleep on it the answer can come tomorrow.

© Alex K Viefhaus