Military-Approved Tactics on How to Fall Asleep Instantly

This article has some great tips, but I wonder if they're trying to sell something... maybe a sleeping mask, I'm not sure though (/s).

I've had insomnia since I can remember. I could never take naps when I was young and still can't today, and it normally takes me 1-2 hours to fall asleep after laying down. It's currently 3 am. I've tested with tech, without tech, both are about the same, I just get less bored when reading after I can't go to sleep. I always wonder if I can't fall asleep due to my routine or my routine is the way it is because I can't fall asleep. This article makes the cause/effect relationship routine/sleep respectively, but it seems to me it can be the other way around for people with (extreme) insomnia.

Disclaimer: not a sleep expert, have just tried many tactics.

I'm only able to find one mention of sleep masks in the linked study:

>In contrast, other practical solutions, such as sending >“sleep kits” containing an eye >mask or earplugs and other supplies to servicemembers in >deployed settings may represent >more practical and feasible strategies to encourage healthy >sleep behaviors

I wouldn't call this "military-approved," though I use a sleep mask every night.

So the only thing I have to do to be able to fall asleep instantly is to prep every day every week to sleep and wake at a set time.

Is that really falling asleep instantly, or rather getting into a routine. I mean if the prep time is 100% of my used time, then I would hardly call it instant.

It’s an advertisement.

That said, I fall asleep easily each evening and wake at the same time each morning. The routine I am in (same time to bed, same time awake - weekends included) mean I get enough sleep and can function every day. I don’t use a sleep mask but the routine seems to help a lot.

Did someone mention sleep masks?

Otherwise an interesting article, though I'm unsure of the credibility of the information it provides - it's basically just an advertisement.

This is an advertisement for sleep masks.

I would have enjoyed the article a tad more without the sleeping mask ad being pushed in.