When I have trouble sleeping I do a kind of visualising thing, I don't know if I can explain it very well though . I let an image come into my mind and let it change into something else (without trying), then it changes again. So say I can see a tree, then it kind of changes into a boat, etc. Without letting myself concentrate too hard, I'm usually asleep really quickly.
Another trick I do is go to a place in my mind that I find peaceful. I have an image I use each time - I'm walking towards the top of the stairs at a beautiful surf beach, I walk down to the beach and walk along until I find a nice place to sit down and watch the waves. Because I've used this imagery for so long, I'm usually asleep before I walk down the steps these days .
I hope I don't sound like a fruit loop now .
My sister goes through each letter of the alphabet and thinks of words that begin with that letter and she eventually drifts off haha!
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