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I notice that people with sleep problems usually really want to fall asleep and focus on that. Of course they do. I however usually go along a list like this:

I notice that people with sleep problems usually really want to fall asleep and focus on that. Of course they do. I however usually go along a list like this: - This bed feels good - So nice to be not standing or sitting, my feet are even tingling a bit - This bed really feels nice, I don't want to fall asleep, I want to enjoy this feeling just a bit longer... - Maybe there is something nice to think about while enjoying this feeling of just lying in this nice clean bed with a perfect temperature... - ... zzz Maybe I'm just lucky I slipped into a nice mental routine by accident. To clear the mind, I recommend just the free intro sessions of headspace (and possibly more), sometimes I do the "thoughts are clouds and I want a blue sky" -trick when the focus on the bed doesn't seem to work.

animal531 6y ago
I think the mistake good sleepers (of which I'm one) often make, is that they think it's just a case of not doing something correctly. Instead the approach should be along the lines of how we think of depression, where your brain either naturally or through some other phenomenon fails to follow the correct "natural" steps. Training definitely helps, but there are still many that struggle while doing that correctly. I myself lie down on my right-hand side for 30 seconds to a few minutes, thinking about whatever I want. Then I turn onto my left side and I just go to sleep.
- teekert 6y ago
  Yeah that is very probably true. I saw this up close with friends that had a baby that was very easy on them... and then they had a second kid which they confidently treated exactly the same... and it turns out to be a relationship wrecker ;)