1. If you think you are not going to sleep, you won't.

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3. Pangs of conscience will keep you awake. | 4. Pain can cause sleeplessness. Remember, relaxation can allay pain. | 5. Although a workout can prepare you for sleep, aches from very hard physical work can keep you awake. Take a hot bath. | 6. Turning over like a whirling dervish doesn't induce sleep. | 7. If you fidget and fret or move any part of your body, you will wake up fatigued - if you can get to sleep. | 8. Caffeine will keep some people awake, but not those who have learned how to relax. | 9. If you have been tense all day, it's a good bet that it is will carry over into the night. Avoid tense living. | 10. If you fall asleep and wake up wide-eyed and bushy-tailed after a couple of hours, use your relaxation routine. | 11. The principal cause of the lack of sleep is you. Fretting, wrestling with sheets, punching pillows, wrinkling pajamas, turns and returns, worrying about not sleeping, all qualify as excellent excuses, but they are basically symptoms of the insomnia caused by you. | 12. The most relaxing kind of sleep is that in which you do not dream, though the latest studies show some periods of dreaming are required for rest and good mental health. | 13. Recent research shows that concentration on relaxing the muscles that operate the eyes and speech apparatus speeds getting to sleep. | 14. Sedatives might aid sleep, but the more you use them the less you can sleep spontaneously. | 15. Way back in 1910, Edmund Jacobson demonstrated that when a person relaxes far enough, sleep automatically ensues. | pp. 67-68

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