With the aim of helping people who face problems to To fall asleep and they do not find solutions, a doctor shared through his account on the social network TikTok the trick he uses to fall asleep quickly, based on a simple mental exercise.
The doctor then revealed that he himself sometimes faces problems sleeping, so he had a “lightbulb moment” when he found a foolproof method that does not include the intake of medications , a hot bath or reading before bed .
The man behind the account called @denverskindoc indicated that the method he uses to fall asleep is based on a mental exercise known as Cognitive Shuffling (cognitive alternation, in Spanish). “It’s a way to reorganize your thoughts, similar to a deck of cards. Basically, distracting your thoughts from worries that keep you awake“, he expressed.
Along these lines, Walter points out that there are several ways to achieve this. The first one he offers is think of random words or objects that have no relation to each other. Another alternative is take a letter of the alphabet, and then start counting its beats. Every eight heartbeats, you should think of a new word that starts with the chosen letter.
How does the method work to fall asleep?
Next, in the video, the doctor maintains that, in addition to functioning as a method to distract the mind, Cognitive Shuffling imitates “micro dreams”which occur in the transition from the waking state to the sleeping state.
“My mom told me to count to 170 while still and that if I moved I had to start over,” one person explained. Another detailed his experience with Walter’s recommended method: “I do the random situations or objects thing! When I feel like my thinking pattern is “fuzzy” and it doesn’t make sense, I know I’m about to fall asleep“.
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