Thread: Really struggling

We visualize and we dream in the same area of the brain.. the secondary visual cortices. This is not a theory but a scientific fact. Visualizing helps me fall asleep and can also help in inducing lucid dreams. The easiest way to test this fact is to turn on some soft music and imagine someone ice skating to it. You will be asleep in no time. Anyhoo, don't give up! Here is a blog I wrote about visualizing: The Secret to Falling Asleep

Originally Posted by faceonmars

We visualize and we dream in the same area of the brain.. the secondary visual cortices. This is not a theory but a scientific fact. Visualizing helps me fall asleep and can also help in inducing lucid dreams. The easiest way to test this fact is to turn on some soft music and imagine someone ice skating to it. You will be asleep in no time. Anyhoo, don't give up! Here is a blog I wrote about visualizing: The Secret to Falling Asleep

I had never really thought about this but it actually makes a lot of sense. Everytime I'm in that state of lack of presence, right before falling asleep, and wake myself out of it, I realize that most of the times, I was imagining things.
I have been having some trouble falling asleep lately, I'll definitly try this tonight!

Originally Posted by TruMotion

When you mention trouble getting to sleep, what do you mean exactly?

Well, normally it takes me like 15 minutes to get to sleep, which is pretty normal i assume. However sometimes i'll go through a short period, like a week or something, where it can take me hours to get to sleep, when i do sleep i'll wake up constantly and struggle to go back again, and i spend like a week tired out of my mind like a zombie. Next time i'm just getting sleeping pills, it was getting to the point where driving was dangerous because i just couldn't concentrate on anything. This only happens for short periods every now and then though, perhaps twice a year.

Originally Posted by faceonmars

We visualize and we dream in the same area of the brain.. the secondary visual cortices. This is not a theory but a scientific fact. Visualizing helps me fall asleep and can also help in inducing lucid dreams. The easiest way to test this fact is to turn on some soft music and imagine someone ice skating to it. You will be asleep in no time. Anyhoo, don't give up! Here is a blog I wrote about visualizing: The Secret to Falling Asleep

Ok, that's pretty interesting, i'm definitely going to try that, thanks.