Comments on: More Tales of Insomnia http://www.blogosaurusvex.com/2009/10/27/more-tales-of-insomnia/ I said it and I'm glad Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:41:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mel http://www.blogosaurusvex.com/2009/10/27/more-tales-of-insomnia/comment-page-1/#comment-18372 Mel Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:51:12 +0000 http://www.blogosaurusvex.com/?p=2069#comment-18372 I usually have a cup of neocitron, works every time! I usually have a cup of neocitron, works every time!

]]> By: Fred http://www.blogosaurusvex.com/2009/10/27/more-tales-of-insomnia/comment-page-1/#comment-18359 Fred Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:02:44 +0000 http://www.blogosaurusvex.com/?p=2069#comment-18359 Sometimes I practice magic tricks in my head until I fall asleep. It's distracting, time consuming, and can be pretty boring after a while. Other times I count backwards from 100, and for each number I try to make out a random visual image from a combination of my imagination and the patterns of spots or light and dark on the inside of my eyelids. Once I start to see/imagine something simple (a food item, flower, animal, piece of furniture, building... whatever) I spend some time enhancing the details and filling out the picture in my mind. When I get bored with one image I clear my mind/view, count down to the next number, and try to make something different appear in my mind. The process is distracting, boring, and easy to drift away from at any point, ideally into sound sleep. I rarely count down as far as 90. Let me know if you can get this to work for you too. Sometimes I practice magic tricks in my head until I fall asleep. It’s distracting, time consuming, and can be pretty boring after a while.

Other times I count backwards from 100, and for each number I try to make out a random visual image from a combination of my imagination and the patterns of spots or light and dark on the inside of my eyelids. Once I start to see/imagine something simple (a food item, flower, animal, piece of furniture, building… whatever) I spend some time enhancing the details and filling out the picture in my mind. When I get bored with one image I clear my mind/view, count down to the next number, and try to make something different appear in my mind. The process is distracting, boring, and easy to drift away from at any point, ideally into sound sleep. I rarely count down as far as 90. Let me know if you can get this to work for you too.

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