If your mind is trying to hold onto a fact, what does it do? It keeps bubbling that fact to the surface. It keeps popping it up from time to time. Your brain will automatically use repetition even without you priming it (your brain doesn’t always trust you, so it uses repetition).
That process can make it hard to sleep. Every few hours, this important tidbit bubbles back up. Once you’ve got it, once you really have it, your brain will leave you alone. You don’t need to be reminded anymore.
That alone will help you snooze like a newborn pup.
Think about it. You’ve got something important to do tomorrow. So you set your alarm, but your brain doesn’t think that’s good enough. So it keeps waking you up throughout the night to be SURE you don’t miss out. How do you convince your brain that you’ll get up and it can leave you alone?
You set three timers and ask your mom to call you in the morning. Poof. You sleep great. No tossing and turning for you.
Okay, want to sleep great tonight?
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Physician Assistant Exam Scholars
Brian Wallace