#health #mind # [[Epistemic status]] #schroedinger-uncertain # Auto hypnosis I learned auto hypnosis a while ago as an alternative to pain killers at hospital, when I was a kid. I was skeptical at first, thinking it's a kind of dark magic, but actually it is scientific, I don't know about research, but from [[Empiricism|empirical]] experience it is a [[Mind|mind]] hack to fall asleep faster. I use it regularly, somehow I see that not so far from [[Meditation]]. ## How The trick is to reproduce [[Organic reality|organic reality]] in your mind, you need to try to simulate the senses as much as possible and, of course, if the point is to turn off your brain for few hours, I.e. turn on the Time Machine to the future, you need to imagine yourself in a calm environment where you could fall asleep.