Dead Asleep in 5 Minutes

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Start one oh five points seven. I'm schmidty happy fridayy oh.

(00:03):
This week, I feel like it's been a doozy for me,
and I'm gonna use that word a whole lot, quite
a doozy. I just felt so wickedly tired. I went
to bed last night. I'm not kidding you. My daughter
and I fell asleep on the couch together. My husband
woke us up.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
He's like, hey, go to bed.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
You know, seven o six pm in the summertime, it
would have still been like blaringly sunny out. Went to
bed last night at seven oh six pm. Still slept
through until my alarm, my fifth alarm, at three forty
five this morning, and felt like I barely snoozed a minute.
So I thought this was really interesting because I came
across it on TikTok. It's a user that goes by

(00:38):
betwixt dot app and they claim they have a full
proof process to get you dead asleep in five minutes.
So here's what she says. She begins by turning off
the lights and shutting her eyes before starting what she
calls a silent game in her mind. So the method
works by occupying your thoughts with some kind of complicated task,

(01:01):
but not one that would cause you anxiety, one that
you can stay focused on. So she's already lost me here,
because I love anxiety. It's my favorite thing. The woman
emphasizes that locking in is crucial and it will stop
your brain from going off onto a tangent. So you
pick this complicated category if you will, anything from fruits

(01:25):
and vegetables to films, actors, some kind of task that
falls in a category, and then you start associating each
letter of the alphabet with something from your category. So
let's say you choose fruit, is what she says in
this TikTok a for applebee for banana, sea for cherry,
and then the best ways to think of the letter
take a deep breath in and then breathe out for

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your answer. Under five minutes, you're asleep in rem cycle.
She claims. I'm interested in trying this because I've done
like the I think it's the five three five method,
whatever that is. I've tried everything because some days I
will fall boom, flat on my face into a pillow,
and other days it's like your brain is just running, running, running,
And I think for moms especially, that's just what our

(02:08):
life is you go to sleep and then you're already thinking, okay, tomorrow,
I've got breakfast covered. Yes, okay, did we sign the
field trip slip? I think so? Do I want to
make sure that my kid gets there early? Do we
have enough pants cleaned? I mean, those are the kinds
of things that run my brain. Six one six, four
five eight one oh five seven. Do you have a
full proof way to immediately fall asleep? Give me a

(02:28):
call or drop me a talkback on our iHeartRadio app.
I chimed in with Michael, and you know what, I'll
listen to guys. But dudes, I feel like you have
it very easy. My husband could literally be sitting upright
on the bed and twenty two seconds later he is
under the comforter, dead asleep. Four eight one oh five seven. Hey, Michael,
I usually put on a TV show I've seen a

(02:49):
million times. It just helps me relax and I drift
off without being to pay attention. See, okay, I'll give
that to my husband as well. It's usually sports for him.
I'll have football on a Thursday, and all of sudden
I can hear the freight train of snoring coming from
the living room. Four five eight one oh five seven,
Good morning, MICHAELA.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
I put on one of those conspiracy theory documentaries. Just
nothing lulls me to sleep faster than a guy INA's
basement explaining how pigeons are government drone see.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
But sometimes sometimes I'm like, Yeah, that's nut. Is that true?
And then my brain's off into a whole new spiral
full proof ways to fall asleep. I'll post the video
of this silent game method at West Michigan Star dot com.
Let me know