Permanently Beating My Insomnia

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24 pointsrahulshiv73 comments

This is fascinating. I’ve never even heard of this and I’ve struggled with insomnia for decades.

Best answer I’ve found it turning on a movie I’ve seen a million times on low volume. It turns off my brain enough that I can sleep but it doesn’t interest me enough to keep me awake.

There are other tips in the link below if you are interested.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16671944

The military technique, to my surprise, worked. Not sure if it is effective for insomnia, but it helps you fall asleep in a minute or two rather than 1 or 2 hours.

Yup! I'd say watching boring TV is pretty similar to what I did with reading a really boring book, it makes you think less about sleep and put less effort into it.

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