5. How To Sleep Train Yourself & Fall Asleep Easily Every Night

For most of my life up until I was about 22 years old, I really struggled to fall asleep at night. I had terrible anxiety some nights, other nights it was just racing thoughts, unable to get tired. It took probably an average of one to two hours for me to fall asleep after first closing my eyes, if I could fall asleep at all, and I was constantly sleep deprived. I started seeing a counselor for anxiety, and she recommended I try classical conditioning — basically to be really disciplined with a few routines in order to train my brain to associate certain things with sleepiness. We came up with a few triggers I might be able to associate with sleepiness and I think within the first two weeks I noticed a difference. A few months later I was falling asleep easily, regularly, and today I cannot keep my eyes open once my head hits the pillow, almost regardless of what time it is or how sleepy I was before I got in bed. To say my life has been changed by these simple hacks is an understatement. Hope they help you too!

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