Tips on how to fall asleep in under two minutes...

[Heroine of the Dragon]

The catch is you need to practice it for 6 weeks. I imagine that's every night for 6 weeks.

"The US Navy Pre-Flight School developed a scientific method to fall asleep day or night, in any conditions, in under two minutes," the book reads.

"After six weeks of practice, 96 percent of pilots could fall asleep in two minutes or less. Even after drinking coffee, with machine gunfire being played in the background."

Here's how to do it:

Relax the muscles in your face, including tongue, jaw and the muscles around the eyes
Drop your shoulders as far down as they'll go, followed by your upper and lower arm, one side at a time
Breathe out, relaxing your chest followed by your legs, starting from the thighs and working down
You should then spend 10 seconds trying to clear your mind before thinking about one of the three following images:

You're lying in a canoe on a calm lake with nothing but a clear blue sky above you
You're lying in a black velvet hammock in a pitch-black room
You say "don't think, don't think, don't think" to yourself over and over for about 10 seconds

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Good luck to all who try and I hope you're among the 96% that the technique is successful for.

[Valigarmander]

Neat. Considering how often I have trouble falling asleep, I'll have to try this.

[steeze]

2-3 hours of gaming shut my eyes for me at night. If that doesn't work I just watch, "The Office" and drift off into sweet oblivion.

I like the imagery training. The canoe reminds me of Smeagol before he kills his friend for the ring in that fishing scene in, "Return of the King."

Damn those movies were good. Now I know what I'm watching before bed tonight. This was helpful.

[smol Kat]

My issue isn't falling asleep--it's staying asleep. I'm a ridiculously light sleeper.

[CaptHayfever]

Step 1) Try to stay awake for 30 more minutes to finish a lesson plan.
Step 2) Fall asleep 17 seconds later.
Step 3) Realize you're asleep & try to wake up.
Step 4) Fail to wake yourself up.
Step 5) Repeat steps 3 & 4 until 30 minutes before your alarm goes off.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[steeze]

I tried doing this at my desk with my head staring at the ceiling and I literally lost consciousness for two seconds and snapped back.

Then I tried it at home in bed and it didn't work.

So idk if this works or my brain was desperately trying to avoid work

[Booyakasha]

...don't really see what the point is.

If you need sleep, your body will make it a necessity. In the meantime, hold your id and superego at bay! Drive them before you with sjambok and naked steel! What are you, a wuss or something?

[VG_Addict]

I guess it's worth a try.

[Booyakasha]

^Who says?

Push yourself around. Don't take any sh*t from your stupid body, dude------------you're the boss.

[KTiger_44]

I've got an alternative method, but it implies having a heavy week at work, sleeping only a little from Friday to Saturday because you're excited, packing your stuff and driving Saturday morning, hiking or playing airsoft for the entire day, not sleeping because you talk with friends (or because some douche in a nearby tent blasts terrible music and yells with his drunk friends), playing or hiking on Sunday, driving home and reaching your bed. I can guarantee you that you'll fall asleep within a minute!

However, the previous build-up isn't that practical and for some reason you can't do that everyday. But then, you can always find on youtube or something a documentary video, choose it with the topic that you're the least interested in, choose a speaker with the most monotonous drone of a voice you can find, and it'll do the trick.

Alternatively, I can make my wife fall asleep within 2 minutes by petting her head and whistling this :

The nap is guaranteed, she gets some rest, I play, it's a win-win!

[pepsibetsy]

Thanks for the tips!

I've also heard of/tried the 4-7-8 technique. Basically this:

1. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound.
2. Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four.
3. Hold your breath for a count of seven.
4. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight. This is one breath.
5. Now inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths.

Generally does work, I've had a few times where it didn't. But I'm going to give yours a go this week!

[Heroine of the Dragon]

Lovely to see you again, pepsibetsy!! *leaves you marshmallows*

And thanks for the 4-7-8 technique!!

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

...don't really see what the point is.

If you need sleep, your body will make it a necessity. In the meantime, hold your id and superego at bay! Drive them before you with sjambok and naked steel! What are you, a wuss or something?

I fell asleep with jackhammers a few yards away from me, tearing up the kitchen one time. I kept getting jolted out but I got some sleep, so you're right.