Wow, never thought this sort of technique could be the key out of insomnia. I have heard about it before when reading and trying out lucid dreaming, but I haven't really tried it.
There is one problem though, that I do find the hypnagogic imaginery kind of scary and disturbing sometimes, the more tired I am the more scary and vivid they seem. That might be one reason I get anxious around sleep when I am too tired.
Sometimes, like last night for example I jerked out of that state a few times going: "woaah, what the hell!" I am talking about monsters with their mouths upside down talking nonsense, a flying dishwasher in warped space, etc.
And then fell into the next and the next wave of weirdness, before finally falling asleep, I remember that at last they started to become more mellow.
Anyway, I will give your technique a go, perhaps it will take a lot of effort not to get freaked out, but it might be worth a try. Thank you for sharing it.
Wow, never thought this sort of technique could be the key out of insomnia. I have heard about it before when reading and trying out lucid dreaming, but I haven't really tried it.
There is one problem though, that I do find the hypnagogic imaginery kind of scary and disturbing sometimes, the more tired I am the more scary and vivid they seem. That might be one reason I get anxious around sleep when I am too tired.
Sometimes, like last night for example I jerked out of that state a few times going: "woaah, what the hell!" I am talking about monsters with their mouths upside down talking nonsense, a flying dishwasher in warped space, etc. And then fell into the next and the next wave of weirdness, before finally falling asleep, I remember that at last they started to become more mellow.
Anyway, I will give your technique a go, perhaps it will take a lot of effort not to get freaked out, but it might be worth a try. Thank you for sharing it.