Dr. Micaela

Oh no, it's just this chapter.

Oh no, it's just this phase of my life.

No, right now, for whatever reason, reading gets me going.

So I can't read to fall asleep anymore.

So thinking about if you're having a hard time falling asleep, are there maybe things that you've incorporated into your bedtime routine that have actually accidentally stimulated you in some way, shape or form?

when I will recommend people, I know TV puts people to sleep or music puts people to sleep.

And so thinking about, don't put your favorite playlist on, right?

Like don't put on the new Taylor Swift album or something.

Cause if it's something new or if it's something that you jam to, then you're gonna be like, yeah, let's go.

you're not going to fall asleep, right?

You want to keep listening.

So putting on, you could put on instrumental music for whatever reason that invokes rage in me.

So, you know, you do you and figure out what is maybe some soothing music or comforting music or music that you've heard a hundred million bajillion times.

And so it's not going to stimulate your brain as novel, right?

Novelty is absolutely something that stimulates your brain and that's protective, right?

OK, so if I know that this is something I've never done, seen, heard, looked at before, my brain is supposed to pay attention to that to make sure that there is no threat, no danger, nothing coming at me.

Right.

If you were a person who fell asleep and there were crickets in your bedroom every single night, crickets would not keep you awake, would not wake you up, would not disturb your slumber.

That might be like the harmony of nighttime sleep.

Right.