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Insomnia affects more than 30% of French people. If you happen to wake up in the middle of the night, this technique (validated by experts) would allow you to get back to sleep very quickly.
It was Heather Gordon, a wellness influencer with more than 30,000 subscribers, better known as “prettysickheather” on TikTok, who shared this technique. In her video, viewed 2.6 million times, she explains the steps to follow so you can get back to sleep easily.
Roll your eyes!
She says to start by closing your eyes. While keeping them closed, direct your gaze toward the floor, then bring it back to the center. Then look left, center, then all the way right, and back to center. She then asks her subscribers to look up, then turn them clockwise, and finally counterclockwise. Finally, she explains that you should direct your eyes towards the bridge of your nose, as if you want to squint. That’s it! Repeat until you fall asleep. According to her, she only needs to do this ritual twice for her to go back to sleep. Reading the comments, we see that the subscribers seem very satisfied with the technique: “It took me 3 cycles, but I feel like I’m starting to fall asleep and feel sleepy!! THANK YOU !!!”. One woman even claims that she managed to “sleep longer than ever“.
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Consult a doctor online for your sleep problems
A technique supported by experts
Dr. Willem Gielen, a cardiologist based in Denmark, affirms the effectiveness of the method in a blog published on the content platform Medium. The explanation is quite simple: rolling your eyes releases melatonin, the hormone that helps us fall asleep. Rolling your eyes can trigger this melatonin-related process, prompting your body to fall asleep naturally.
Techniques like this may be new hope for people suffering from sleep disorders. Insomnia can be caused by stress, anxiety, alcohol, nicotine, or even caffeine… The important thing is to find methods to get better sleep in order to avoid serious consequences such as obesity. , diabetes or even the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases.
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