Shift your thinking

Though it sounds obvious, we often don’t think objectively about where our mind is – rather, we get lost in our thoughts. Sleeping in the heat is no fun, but the more we engage in the discomfort, the harder it will be to get to sleep. It can be very easy to lie there and get annoyed and angry about the fact that the heat is keeping you awake, and this in turn can activate the stress response, which can actually increase your body’s temperature.

A lot of the pain and suffering, though, comes from ruminating about the situation in the mind, and this is what creates the tension – and yet more heat. The more you feel unsettled by the heat, the longer you’re going to be kept awake.