How to Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep – Full Tutorial – Jim Donovan

Used to be a night owl since 2009, but my new noisy neighbor made it difficult to sleep lately. I found your helpful video with tips for falling asleep and it worked - I just have to tap my lap for 15-20 minutes then I crash out. Thank you for saving my life. Sending love from Burma.

I’ve had terrible insomnia my whole life, without pot I’ve only ever been able to get to bed by 5-6am and I recently quit drinking and smoking and this is the only thing that has truly got me to sleep quick without having to resort to the bong. Absolute game changer!

Dude I can’t fucking thank you enough. Even after drinking coffee later in the day and having some anxiety I was able to fall asleep by 10 and I’ve never done that before. It’s unbelievable and I can’t thank you enough

This FINALLY got me to deep sleep! I haven’t slept well in 3 weeks! Thank you 🙏🏻

As a person watching this at 1:58 AM this sure did help make me tired, Idk why but for some reason I physically can’t sleep

I'll add my voice to this consensus--I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WORKS! I have had insomnia for as long as I can remember. I'm a psychotherapist and will be sharing this with many patients. I'll also be looking into how I can teach it to kids as you recommended in your ted talk. Thank you thank you!!

This really works. I can’t sleep back I wake up around midnight. I am sleeping more and even had a dream after many years without any dreams. I also waking up late.

This works! Thanks so much. I do it in bed with lights off and eyes closed. I pull up my legs and tap on the leg sides. I usually do 2x and wait for 10 minutes after to fall asleep. I feel very rested when I wake up. There is a point during the deep slow breathing when my mind seem to switch into a relax mode. I can feel my brain slowing down and my hand tapping automatically slows down. Blessings to you for sharing with us. Jennifer.

Jim – this worked for me two nights ago the first time I tried it. Got the same results last night! Only have to get up for a quick pee, then back to bed and back to sleep immediately. I’ve long had a problem getting to sleep in the first place. Almost every week last night, for example, I was up till two or three trying to get drowsy. Reading a book, etc. never worked like this! Wondering how you came up with this? So unorthodox, but so satisfyingly effective. I am indebted to you, my friend.

This has helped me so much! I even get settled in, on my stomach, head on my pillow, and lightly tap my fingers on the sheet, above my pillow....zzzzzzz ❤

THANK YOU JIM. I've had sleeping problems for about five years now. I started taking a low dose (25mg) of prescribed medications-which helped initially but now I'm at 150 Mg and not sleeping well. I also have trouble falling asleep. At times it's taken five-six hours to find sleep. And! I have sleep apnea and the CPAP doesn't work with me. I gave Jim's technique. First night-nothing. I tried it again-four nights ago. I've been falling asleep in less than an hour-last night was about 30 minutes. I also sleep better. I lay on my back-with sheet/blanket covering me and do the technique in that position. I don't "drop" instantly but like I said, I'm out so much sooner than before. I have an appointment with my sleep doctor in two weeks...boy is he going to be surprised!..and so will you if you try it. Good luck and Thanks jim!!!

I will try this tonight. It’s been months since I had a good sleep and had the start drinking before bed to fall asleep, which I don’t like. Thanks for sharing this!

I just did the exercise a few hours before my bedtime. I feel much more relaxed! 😌 This technique might be useful for anxiety during the day also.

I'm crying from relief 😢🦋 thank you for this science ❤️

Jim- thanks for this, I have insomnia for 1.5 years and it is resolved ! I am on the 7th day of cutting off my Ambien pill, how great is able to sleep! However, still waking up early 4:30am. Will try to use same method to get back to sleep. But sincerely thanks for helping me. It is really God blessing . If you come to Hong Kong, I would like to bless you with a great meal

My problem is waking up in the middle of the night. I do use the breathing technique and use that time to pray. I will give the tapping exercise a try.

I've been doing this and it has helped so much! I am even sleeping longer now and not waking up so much during the night. Was having to take sleeping pills and still it took 2 hours to fall asleep and I'd wake up about every 2 hrs. all night. I fall asleep much faster now and wake up more rested without a sleeping pill.

This in fact works!

This is like bilateral stimulation. I love how you discovered this on your own. I can only vaguely remember your TED talk, but it's great when they give a platform to such interesting and diverse ideas and practices.

I'm definitely going to give this a try tonight. I'm a drummer and my wife is always telling me to "stop tapping", so I'll need to go for the finger tap! Have basically accepted the fact long ago that I don't sleep well. The best thing I did was convince myself that this is ok. When I wake up in the middle of the night, I no longer toss and turn and look at the clock. I just tell myself that I still have a few hours to lay there and relax. That helps. Thanks for the great advice.