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I may be missing something, but: what about showering without washing your hair?
that doesn't wake me up/isn't that refreshing.
Possibly related: swimming seems to do the trick reliably for me, although extremely inconvenient, time consuming and expensive if I did it regularly... (lets me fall asleep in 2-3 minutes vs tossing & turning until 2-4am)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex
*Immediately upon facial contact with cold water,
the human heart rate slows down ten to twenty-five percent.*Also, I have some mp3's I bought from hypnosisdownloads.com. I think they have a few too many on there now (some look flaky), but there are a couple of really good ones. I'd never considered myself a candidate for hypnosis but have found they're able to knock me out for 15-20 min during the day, even when I'm filled with coffee! Works (for me) probably about 70% of the time - invaluable when deadlines are near.
[edit - at least one is specifically for insomnia]
I read about a simple technique in a meditation book (the purpose of this was not falling asleep, but it works for me). Close your eyes and start counting with a special technique to infinity.
The trick is to count one number while breathing in... slowly counting in your head until you are done breathing in and when your breath out immediately switch to the next number. There should basically be no moment where you have time to think about anything else besides the numbers. The switch from i to i+1 must be instant. Because if you are leaving gaps your mind starts wandering again.
If you find out that you got distracted start again at 1. Don't cheat.
Just run this JavaScript code in your head the next time (recognize that there are no calls to mind.thinkAboutSomethingElse()!):
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var i = 1;
while(!body.isSleeping()) {
body.startBreathingIn('slow');
mind.thinkAbout(i++);
body.startBreathingOut('slow');
mind.thinkAbout(i++);
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Possibly related: swimming seems to do the trick reliably for me, although extremely inconvenient, time consuming and expensive if I did it regularly... (lets me fall asleep in 2-3 minutes vs tossing & turning until 2-4am)
Any chance this is related to the mammalian diving reflex? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex *Immediately upon facial contact with cold water, the human heart rate slows down ten to twenty-five percent.*
To keep this on-topic: I (nearly) always have success with milk, cookies, quiet music, a fiction book, and a bed. Getting off the computer and into the bed can be trying at times however.
Interesting that you post this at 2am Pacific. I'm falling asleep but had to write mail anyway. To keep this on-topic: I (nearly) always have success with milk, cookies, quiet music, a fiction book, and a bed. Getting off the computer and into the bed can be trying at times however.