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What if I am capable of thinking with closed eyes?
by Nezghul 3y ago
What if I am capable of thinking with closed eyes?
- edu 3y agoThis is my case, my trick is to imagine pleasurable fantasy scenarios and go over the smallest details. I go a little bit more meta, and start imagining myself sleeping. Kind of… say I’m part of the Start Trek crew. I imagine how would it be to sleep in the Enterprise. How is the room? What furniture is there? Is there a window/screen showing the outside? Etc… For me, works wonderfully.
- Hamuko 3y agoSounds similar to my trick, although I'm not sure if I really delve into details. I think the main purpose is to push out everything else from my mind, since whenever I have insomnia, it's not because I'm looking at my phone, but because I can't get something out of my mind.
- jprete 3y agoI don’t know if that matters unless you think about things that require action. My own experience is that if I think something needs to be acted on, and it’s very quick or very urgent, I just do it and go back to bed. If it’s neither, I write it down. I find either of those to be easier than trying to sleep with the endless nagging by the back of my brain.
- layer8 3y agoMeditation is one way to stop doing that. OTOH, it doesn’t mean you’ll sleep either.
- defanor 3y agoThere was another technique for falling asleep mentioned on HN, possibly <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17905574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17905574>. It basically suggests to not think, either.
- fouc 3y agoare you capable of not thinking? blank mind. no voices. floating in the void.
- ChoHag 3y ago[dead]
- rognjen 3y agoSometimes I think about what I'd do and how I'd get by if I was in Lord of the Rings. While lying still.