Trick Yourself to Sleep

Tristan Lee · 06-22-2009, 09:56 PM

Hi Warriors, have you ever been on the verge of sleeping. You feel tired and you get into bed, then right when you get into bed, you start become awake again?

You say to yourself, "Oh no...no...no... I don't want to stay awake for another 2 hours! Body fall to sleep now!"

But the more you try to force yourself to sleep, the more you mind powers up, and you panic and start to become more restless...

If this is the case, maybe this tip will help you get more sleep for the next working day. It's something that I do when I'm on the verge on going to sleep immediately or laying in bed for the next 1 to 2 hours wasting time.

When my body is feeling tired and needs its sleep, but more mind wants to stay up, what I do is pretend that instead of having 8 more hours of sleep, I only have 10 more minutes of sleep before I need to get back to working again for hours (no break).

No break? My body says, "No! I must have my sleep now!" Then magically, I start drifting back to tiredness again. That's how I kind of use reverse psychology to trick myself to sleep sometimes.

I'm sure you've also had those days where the alarm clock rings 10 minutes before it should and you immediately press the snooze button or your parent or spouse tells you to get up and you tell them 10 more minutes!

What you are really doing is savoring these 10 minutes of precious sleep before you go into a full day's of work again, so you shut your eyelids and roll back in bed.

That's what we're trying to do here - to trick the mind to using scarcity, or a scarce amount of time left before getting back to work. If you really believe in it right before you're body starts to become active again, you'll start to appreciate just lying there and letting your body rest.

So I hope this random tip helps. Try it out when you come across times where your body is tired and wants its usual 6 to 8 hours of sleep, but your mind wants to suck out an extra 1 to 2 hours of sleep from you by staying restless.

clubvikram · 06-23-2009, 01:29 AM

This reverse psychology to induce your self to sleep seems to be interesting.i always face this problem.whenever i try to sleep it becomes difficult.I have tried every thing from counting numbers to relaxing my body.I will surely give it a shot

PeteSafe · 06-23-2009, 05:32 AM

I always find that listening to some soothing music is enough to get me to sleep.
If I am really wound up I will grab a boring book while listenin to the music.
Seems to work all the time.
Cheers

Tristan Lee · 06-23-2009, 06:57 AM

Hi, great tips guys. Different methods apply and work for different people. Thanks for sharing these going to sleep methods. To anyone else: feel free to post your "tricks" for people who have trouble falling asleep.

kanenala · 07-11-2009, 03:07 PM

Reverse psychology that is a great trick to be playing on your own mind!

JakeRhodes · 07-11-2009, 04:13 PM

I use a self hypnosis technique where I imagine myself sinking deeper and deeper into the ground. It helps to relax my muscles and stop general anxious mental chatter.

marmo · 07-12-2009, 05:10 AM

lately I just cant sleep , even my fish tank wont work , I cant shut my mind down what so ever and keep tossing and turning. I am going to go buy that melatonin stuff and try that supplement. If that fails I am going to buy some wine and drink a bunch to make me sleepy.

jobic · 07-12-2009, 03:35 PM

this sounds like something I'll really need to try out, I can't keep my mind quiet.
Really annoying, constantly thinking of new ideas and stuff to try out (even when I'm talking to people lately :-s) meh I hope it'll be a "phase" or something haah

thanks for the new idea,
greetz,
jobic

zain654321 · 07-13-2009, 11:53 PM

Have you ever had those moments where you're getting ready to sleep; part of your body feels sleepy and you're actually relieved that after an entire day of work, you will finally get some sleep? Then as you turn off the lights (perhaps you have a small light on in the room), roll into bed, and put the blankets on top of you, you wait for yourself to fall asleep...
You look up at the ceiling and realize that the tiredness you had, the sleepiness you had, is in fact wearing out and now you are slowly becoming restless! "Oh no," you think to yourself, "What do I do?"
This happens to me often and sometimes I get frustrated. The entire day I wanted to sleep but when the moment comes, I end up not wanting to sleep. Sometimes what I do is trick myself to sleep.
What I do is, instead of turning off all the lights, I turn back all the lights on. I lie in bed and look at the lights. They are annoying but that's the point. It's to say that instead of lights turning off and the darkness representing sleepy time, the lights are turned back on and the light represents getting back up, when my part of my body is still tired. Then I pretend that the day is not over; that in fact, I only have ten minutes to rest instead of the next 8 hours before I get back to an entire days of work again.
When I do this, my mind goes into an irritated mode. "I only get 10 minutes of sleep - what?" "I don't want to get up..." I go into a whiny phase and close my eyes, saying to myself, "I only get ten minutes of sleep, better make the best use of it." I find myself suddenly getting sleepier, as if how I would feel if I really only got ten minutes of sleep before going back to work. I wouldn't waste of minute of it.
This mode is similar to one when waking up 10 minutes before school starts and realizing you have woken up 10 minutes before you usually wake up. You go immediately back to bed; no questions asked.
It's also similar when you were younger and your mom or dad says, "Wake up!" You tell them ten more minutes... ten more minutes... and they say okay. You keep repeating that process with them five or six times. You're afraid of the ten minutes being over and you don't want it to be over, thus you make the best use of it going back to sleep, and each minute that goes by before you have to wake up feels so good.
By doing this, you're sort of like tricking the mind using reverse psychology (but you got to really believe in it or it won't work!). You'll start to either look at the lights so long that consciously your eyes might start to close themselves naturally because of light irritation and subconsciously, you'll start daydreaming about random thoughts you had during the day.
If this happens, you're body will follow up and soon you'll regain your tiredness again, falling back asleep. So that's it. That's my trick to tricking yourself to falling asleep and I hope it find it useful for those times where you're on the verge of sleeping, but your body wants to stall for another 2 to 3 hours being awake in bed.

subisa852 · 07-14-2009, 01:44 AM

Meditation exercises and yoga are good ways of falling asleep right away. This not only make the body feel at ease but also frees the mind of worries and stress that were experienced throughout the day.

$Layla$ · 07-14-2009, 08:58 AM

Hi Tristan Lee, you are on to something here! For many years now research has been under way on treating sleep disorders with something very similar to what you describe. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a relatively new therapy for insomniacs. Rest well!

Vincelog · 07-14-2009, 12:02 PM

The trick is a great idea to trick our mind to sleep. I have not thought of this before and it is something that is worth trying. I wrote an article on 10 tips to help you sleep better and maybe fellow warriors who are suffering from bad sleeping habits will be interested in it.

How to have good sleeping habits

aihamshujaa · 07-15-2009, 02:07 PM

I defo need help sleeping. I've ytied everything

ScottFox · 07-15-2009, 04:57 PM

I look forward to trying these tricks.
Another angle is to develop a routine. Brush your teeth, wash your face, change into pajamas, maybe read a little, etc.
Having a set routine can help you relax by reminding your body that it's soon time to sleep.
This is critical in getting little kids to wind down, for example.

pwr1009 · 07-16-2009, 01:24 AM

So difficult to sleep when you are reading internet marketing forums

igorhelpsyousucceed · 07-16-2009, 04:41 AM

I just use sex to fall into a deep careless sleep

Igor

Tristan Lee · 07-17-2009, 05:24 AM

Thanks you guys for your thoughts. Everybody, except one person who managed to copy the original post as a reply, has pointed out some great sleeping methods here. I've enjoyed reading your different ways to going falling asleep before bedtime. I've offered one way, but different methods apply to different people. Feel free to share your method.

Ludovic · 07-17-2009, 04:32 PM

Lol, when i read on the bed, it makes me sleep. I guess I have some kind of book syndrome.

halopm1 · 07-17-2009, 05:02 PM

I have tried the reverse psychology trick and it works sometime

Though I think I'm destined to be an insomniac, I never fall asleep before 1am. It's sad really.

There are some great tips here however, so I think I'll give a few of them a try and see how it goes.

Angel

eienblue · 07-30-2009, 09:25 AM

I usually read before go to bed and drink a glass of warm milk can help

06-22-2009, 09:56 PM	#1
Tristan Lee HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 150 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 7 Posts	Trick Yourself to Sleep Hi Warriors, have you ever been on the verge of sleeping. You feel tired and you get into bed, then right when you get into bed, you start become awake again? You say to yourself, "Oh no...no...no... I don't want to stay awake for another 2 hours! Body fall to sleep now!" But the more you try to force yourself to sleep, the more you mind powers up, and you panic and start to become more restless... If this is the case, maybe this tip will help you get more sleep for the next working day. It's something that I do when I'm on the verge on going to sleep immediately or laying in bed for the next 1 to 2 hours wasting time. When my body is feeling tired and needs its sleep, but more mind wants to stay up, what I do is pretend that instead of having 8 more hours of sleep, I only have 10 more minutes of sleep before I need to get back to working again for hours (no break). No break? My body says, "No! I must have my sleep now!" Then magically, I start drifting back to tiredness again. That's how I kind of use reverse psychology to trick myself to sleep sometimes. I'm sure you've also had those days where the alarm clock rings 10 minutes before it should and you immediately press the snooze button or your parent or spouse tells you to get up and you tell them 10 more minutes! What you are really doing is savoring these 10 minutes of precious sleep before you go into a full day's of work again, so you shut your eyelids and roll back in bed. That's what we're trying to do here - to trick the mind to using scarcity, or a scarce amount of time left before getting back to work. If you really believe in it right before you're body starts to become active again, you'll start to appreciate just lying there and letting your body rest. So I hope this random tip helps. Try it out when you come across times where your body is tired and wants its usual 6 to 8 hours of sleep, but your mind wants to suck out an extra 1 to 2 hours of sleep from you by staying restless.
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06-23-2009, 01:29 AM	#2
clubvikram HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 250 Thanks: 12 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep This reverse psychology to induce your self to sleep seems to be interesting.i always face this problem.whenever i try to sleep it becomes difficult.I have tried every thing from counting numbers to relaxing my body.I will surely give it a shot
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06-23-2009, 05:32 AM	#3
PeteSafe Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep I always find that listening to some soothing music is enough to get me to sleep. If I am really wound up I will grab a boring book while listenin to the music. Seems to work all the time. Cheers
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06-23-2009, 06:57 AM	#4
Tristan Lee HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 150 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep Hi, great tips guys. Different methods apply and work for different people. Thanks for sharing these going to sleep methods. To anyone else: feel free to post your "tricks" for people who have trouble falling asleep.
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07-11-2009, 03:07 PM	#5
kanenala Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep Reverse psychology that is a great trick to be playing on your own mind!

07-11-2009, 04:13 PM	#6
JakeRhodes Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 92 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep I use a self hypnosis technique where I imagine myself sinking deeper and deeper into the ground. It helps to relax my muscles and stop general anxious mental chatter.
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07-12-2009, 05:10 AM	#7
marmo Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New York the over taxed state Posts: 87 Thanks: 29 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep lately I just cant sleep , even my fish tank wont work , I cant shut my mind down what so ever and keep tossing and turning. I am going to go buy that melatonin stuff and try that supplement. If that fails I am going to buy some wine and drink a bunch to make me sleepy.

07-12-2009, 03:35 PM	#8
jobic Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ghent, Belgium. Posts: 66 Thanks: 44 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep this sounds like something I'll really need to try out, I can't keep my mind quiet. Really annoying, constantly thinking of new ideas and stuff to try out (even when I'm talking to people lately :-s) meh I hope it'll be a "phase" or something haah thanks for the new idea, greetz, jobic
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07-13-2009, 11:53 PM	#9
zain654321 Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 56 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep Have you ever had those moments where you're getting ready to sleep; part of your body feels sleepy and you're actually relieved that after an entire day of work, you will finally get some sleep? Then as you turn off the lights (perhaps you have a small light on in the room), roll into bed, and put the blankets on top of you, you wait for yourself to fall asleep... You look up at the ceiling and realize that the tiredness you had, the sleepiness you had, is in fact wearing out and now you are slowly becoming restless! "Oh no," you think to yourself, "What do I do?" This happens to me often and sometimes I get frustrated. The entire day I wanted to sleep but when the moment comes, I end up not wanting to sleep. Sometimes what I do is trick myself to sleep. What I do is, instead of turning off all the lights, I turn back all the lights on. I lie in bed and look at the lights. They are annoying but that's the point. It's to say that instead of lights turning off and the darkness representing sleepy time, the lights are turned back on and the light represents getting back up, when my part of my body is still tired. Then I pretend that the day is not over; that in fact, I only have ten minutes to rest instead of the next 8 hours before I get back to an entire days of work again. When I do this, my mind goes into an irritated mode. "I only get 10 minutes of sleep - what?" "I don't want to get up..." I go into a whiny phase and close my eyes, saying to myself, "I only get ten minutes of sleep, better make the best use of it." I find myself suddenly getting sleepier, as if how I would feel if I really only got ten minutes of sleep before going back to work. I wouldn't waste of minute of it. This mode is similar to one when waking up 10 minutes before school starts and realizing you have woken up 10 minutes before you usually wake up. You go immediately back to bed; no questions asked. It's also similar when you were younger and your mom or dad says, "Wake up!" You tell them ten more minutes... ten more minutes... and they say okay. You keep repeating that process with them five or six times. You're afraid of the ten minutes being over and you don't want it to be over, thus you make the best use of it going back to sleep, and each minute that goes by before you have to wake up feels so good. By doing this, you're sort of like tricking the mind using reverse psychology (but you got to really believe in it or it won't work!). You'll start to either look at the lights so long that consciously your eyes might start to close themselves naturally because of light irritation and subconsciously, you'll start daydreaming about random thoughts you had during the day. If this happens, you're body will follow up and soon you'll regain your tiredness again, falling back asleep. So that's it. That's my trick to tricking yourself to falling asleep and I hope it find it useful for those times where you're on the verge of sleeping, but your body wants to stall for another 2 to 3 hours being awake in bed.

07-14-2009, 01:44 AM	#10
subisa852 Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep Meditation exercises and yoga are good ways of falling asleep right away. This not only make the body feel at ease but also frees the mind of worries and stress that were experienced throughout the day.
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07-14-2009, 08:58 AM	#11
$Layla$ Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 57 Thanks: 14 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep Hi Tristan Lee, you are on to something here! For many years now research has been under way on treating sleep disorders with something very similar to what you describe. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a relatively new therapy for insomniacs. Rest well!

07-14-2009, 12:02 PM	#12
Vincelog HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 244 Thanks: 8 Thanked 33 Times in 21 Posts Social Networking	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep The trick is a great idea to trick our mind to sleep. I have not thought of this before and it is something that is worth trying. I wrote an article on 10 tips to help you sleep better and maybe fellow warriors who are suffering from bad sleeping habits will be interested in it. How to have good sleeping habits
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07-15-2009, 02:07 PM	#13
aihamshujaa Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Coulsdon, UK Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep I defo need help sleeping. I've ytied everything

07-15-2009, 04:57 PM	#14
ScottFox Warrior Author War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 46 Thanks: 6 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts Social Networking	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep I look forward to trying these tricks. Another angle is to develop a routine. Brush your teeth, wash your face, change into pajamas, maybe read a little, etc. Having a set routine can help you relax by reminding your body that it's soon time to sleep. This is critical in getting little kids to wind down, for example.
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07-16-2009, 01:24 AM	#15
pwr1009 Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep So difficult to sleep when you are reading internet marketing forums

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07-17-2009, 05:24 AM	#17
Tristan Lee HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 150 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep Thanks you guys for your thoughts. Everybody, except one person who managed to copy the original post as a reply, has pointed out some great sleeping methods here. I've enjoyed reading your different ways to going falling asleep before bedtime. I've offered one way, but different methods apply to different people. Feel free to share your method.
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07-17-2009, 04:32 PM	#18
Ludovic Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep Lol, when i read on the bed, it makes me sleep. I guess I have some kind of book syndrome.
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07-17-2009, 05:02 PM	#19
halopm1 Angel Taylor Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Columbus, Ga Posts: 11 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep I have tried the reverse psychology trick and it works sometime Though I think I'm destined to be an insomniac, I never fall asleep before 1am. It's sad really. There are some great tips here however, so I think I'll give a few of them a try and see how it goes. Angel
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07-30-2009, 09:25 AM	#20
eienblue Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Trick Yourself to Sleep I usually read before go to bed and drink a glass of warm milk can help