A doctor who had suffered from insomnia told this reverse dream trick The one he comes to when he really wants to sleep, and it’s not a clear routine.
He Doctor Karan Rajwho regularly shares health and accessibility information with their followers via TikTok videossuffered from insomnia in the early years of his medical career, but managed to find a “weird” way to cure it.
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) surgeon, whose book demystifies This Book Can Save Your Life due out later this year, he initially didn’t think the seemingly counterproductive method could work, but to his surprise, it spread Glass.
Surgeon Karan Raj is a celebrity with his health tips on TikTok videos.
TikTok videos to combat insomnia
In the TikTok video, Karan talks about his tricks “Reverse psychology” which, he says, works flawlessly.
On his account @dr. karanr reveals, “Basically, you tell yourself ‘I’m not going to sleep’ and you stay awake. Like you don’t read a book, you don’t use your phone, no TV, nothing.”
And he continued: “You just lie in bed, open your eyes and You force yourself to stay awake. Say to yourself: ‘don’t fall asleep, don’t fall asleep’. You will notice that you will feel tired and fall asleep, and it worked for me.”
Expanding on the logic behind the suggestions in the comments section, Dr. Karan explained “By the way, it’s called ‘paradoxical intent’. If I tell you NOT to think about polar bears, guess what you think first? It works the same way.”
Insomnia is a disorder that affects more and more people.
The doctor indicated that finally he was able to get rid of his insomnia completely after giving up watching late night TV, but this advice got him through some rough times.
Comments on the network
After the video went viral, an amazed person commented: “It works for me too! I started doing this after watching old videos of it and it’s how I fall asleep most nights.”
Another wrote: “It’s 3:53am and I’m on TikTok because I can’t sleep. Will try this now. Fingers crossed!”
Sleep, this trick challenge. Shutterstock illustration photo.
According to a chapter in the 1998 volume of Comprehensive Clinical Psychologyparadoxical intention was found to be effective for insomnia sleep onset in some studies, but not in otherstagged articles in British media.
Previously it was suggested that instructing patients to stay awake might increase their sense of voluntary control over sleep, and that sound challenge could predict success with this particular method, they wrote.
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