{"id":2521,"date":"2025-09-04T21:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:25:52","slug":"5-common-reasons-for-waking-up-more-than-once-during-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2521","title":{"rendered":"5 Common Reasons For Waking Up More Than Once During The Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Struggling to sleep? Here are five common reasons and how to fix them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Phone Use Before Bed<\/strong>\u00a0Staring at your phone before sleep can \u201chugely interrupt sleep cycles.\u201d Avoid using your phone in the hour before bed\u2014try reading a book instead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stress and Anxiety<\/strong>\u00a0Feeling anxious can make it difficult to relax. Your mind is \u201cmoving a mile a minute,\u201d making sleep elusive. Calm your thoughts or try meditation to wind down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Frequent Bathroom Visits<\/strong>\u00a0If you\u2019re waking up to use the bathroom, it\u2019s tough to fall back asleep. Limit liquids before bed and make sure you go to the bathroom right before you sleep.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Caffeine and Alcohol<\/strong>\u00a0Caffeine can stay in your system for hours, so it\u2019s best to \u201cavoid coffee past 2 p.m.\u201d While alcohol may help you fall asleep, it \u201chugely impacts your REM sleep,\u201d leading to multiple wake-ups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Insomnia<\/strong>\u00a0Insomnia can make falling and staying asleep nearly impossible. Try sticking to a routine, but if it persists, consult your doctor for solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling to sleep? Here are five common reasons and how to fix them:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions\/2523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}