We want to sleep. But we just can't. Several factors may be involved. Stress is perhaps the best known. Almost every college student has tossed and turned with worry about an unwritten paper or an unfinished problem set.
Stress increases heart rate and blood pressure, raising excitement levels.
Students say the sensation can become almost electric. It can keep a person awake for hours. While there are various ways of controlling stress, it will most likely remain a constant pressure in the lives of college students and beyond. She recommends white-noise machines, ear plugs, heavy blinds, bed boards, foam mattress cushions, contoured pillows basically, whatever works. A lot of it seems like common sense, but common sense is often overlooked.