One of the worst things we can do is stress about going to sleep, To sleep the body needs to feel safe and relaxed so stressing about not getting enough sleep or being able to sleep has the reverse effect that we are after. When having problems getting to sleep our perceptions of how much sleep we have had can be very different from the amount that we actually get. We may feel that we have been awake for a lot longer than we actually have and not realise that we have had more