>He concluded that your thoughts become more and more random and flooded as you get closer to actual sleep, until your brain gets overwhelmed and passes out. A

>He concluded that your thoughts become more and more random and flooded as you get closer to actual sleep, until your brain gets overwhelmed and passes out. At one point when I had trouble falling asleep in less than 1/2 an hour, I used the reverse to fall asleep quicker: I'd guide myself into thinking outlandish things, then my brain would naturally progress in this fashion until I fell asleep.