Dr. Matt Walker
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It's untrue.
Sleep in terms of a process is much more physiologically like trying to land a plane.
It just takes time to come down onto the terra firma of good sleep at night.
Whatever it is you enjoy as a relaxation method, engage in it.
It could be listening to a podcast.
It could be reading a book.
Maybe it's a meditation.
It's light stretching.
Maybe whatever it is that you do, just build it into your regimen.
You would never be driving down the road and then pull into your garage at the same 40 mile an hour speed.
You gradually decelerate and you come to a stop.
It's the same thing with sleep.
So you need to find some way to decelerate.
And we've spoken about methods already as to how to do that.
The next tip is a little quirky and funny.
Do not count sheep.
There's a great study from my colleague, Dr. Alison Harvey at UC Berkeley, and she put this to the test.
didn't make people fall asleep faster.
It made them take longer to fall asleep.
However, she did find an alternative.